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Slipping on ice is incredibly common, but physicists have discovered something shocking about why it's so slippery.

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Slipping on ice is incredibly common, but physicists have discovered something shocking about why it's so slippery.

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Slipping on ice is incredibly common, but physicists have discovered something shocking about why it's so slippery. — STACKY / Science

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