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TIL in a relatively massive scientific discovery around 1676, Danish astronomer Ole Roemer was the first to calculate that light travels at a finite speed. He studied Jupiter's moons and determined their eclipses happened sooner than predicted when the Earth was closer to Jupiter.

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