ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Gravity hill

Imagine you're playing with your toy cars on a flat road. Now you try to push one of your toy cars up a hill. It goes up, but it feels harder to push because you have to work against gravity. Gravity is the force that keeps everything on the ground and makes things fall down.

Now, sometimes people find roads that look flat but if you try to push a car or walk along it, you feel like you're going uphill, even though you're going downhill. This is called a "gravity hill". It's a place where gravity seems to be pulling you in the opposite direction.

But why does this happen? Well, it's because of the way the land is shaped. Gravity is still pulling things down, but the land is slanted in such a way that it tricks your eyes and brain into thinking you're going uphill when you're actually going downhill.

So, when you're driving or walking on a gravity hill, don't worry, gravity is still there and it's still working. It's just that the land is playing a trick on you!
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