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TIL we never see things as they are now, but as they were in the past, the delay is caused by the time it takes light to reach your eyes. We see the Moon as it was approximately 1.3 seconds in the past, the Sun as it was 8 minutes in the past, the Andromeda Galaxy 2.5 million years in the past.

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Y7XP7 TIL In 1695 Henry Every became the target of the first world-wide manhunt. Every and his crew raided the Mughal's Grand fleet, stealing the equivalent to £97.1 million in 2022, and almost started a war with the English's East Indian Company and Mughal Empire. What became of Every is unknown.
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