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Normal force stops you from sinking into solid floors

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The only reason you don't plummet straight through the floorboards right now is that the ground is pushing back exactly as hard as you push down. This reactive barrier is called the normal force. It is the silent, unsung hero of classical mechanics that aggressively prevents objects from awkwardly phasing into one another under the crush of gravity.

Normal force stops you from sinking into solid floors
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