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Heavy atmospheric gases press down with crushing weight

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Every object physically resting on a surface is currently living at the very bottom of a massive heavy ocean of ambient atmospheric gases. It heavily crushes downward with fourteen pounds of physical force on every single square inch, entirely restrained only by balancing internal pressure.

Heavy atmospheric gases press down with crushing weight
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