You probably won’t get stuck in quicksand. But if you do, you can use physics to get yourself out.
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http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v437/n7059/full/437635a.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/09/0928_050928_quicksand.html
http://www.comphys.ethz.ch/hans/p/320.pdf
http://www.nature.com/news/2005/050928/full/news050926-9.html
http://www.livescience.com/9373-quicksand-myth-debunked-float-free.html
http://mentalfloss.com/article/51826/how-escape-quicksand