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🚨 SCIENTISTS EXPLAIN: Light doesn’t actually “slow down” in glass time does. And that’s exactly why rainbows exist. For centuries we were taught that light slows down when it enters glass or water, causing refraction. But the deeper reality is more beautiful: light still travels at c between atoms....

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