You and Earth attract each other gravitationally, so you should also be subject to a tidal force resulting from the difference between the gravitational attraction felt by your feet and that felt by your head (at least when you are standing).

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Tobias Carrillo

Geography

1 March, 04:47

You and Earth attract each other gravitationally, so you should also be subject to a tidal force resulting from the difference between the gravitational attraction felt by your feet and that felt by your head (at least when you are standing).

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Rivera · Answer 1

Though the tidal force is felt by human, but it is usually very small because our masses are small compared to that of the earth.

Explanation:

From Newton law of gravitation.

Force is directly proportional to the product of masses, hence a reduction in masses leads to a reduction in force