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Why does a spinning top stay up when a still one falls over?

Balance a top on its point and it flops over at once. Spin it, and it stands and dances on that same tiny point for ages. Spinning somehow defeats gravity's attempt to topple it. How?

Traditional metal spinning tops.
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