stackyFACTSRubbing two things together is just a microscopic turf war. What we call friction is actually the outer electrons of one surface getting far too emotionally attached to the electrons of another. As you slide them apart, you are forcibly ripping those invisible electromagnetic bonds, which generates heat out of spite.
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