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The pressure at the bottom of Earth’s atmosphere is about 100,000 N/m2. This means there is a force of 100,000 N acting on every square meter of
area! Your body has about 1.5 square meters of surface. Why aren’t you crushed by the atmosphere?

Hi Unzumaki,

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