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2024-04-08 17:27:07 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 63535F2B8FAA099F1108EE8D7946F1B60CC70138DA5F1EBFDED9DAE21E689503
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Original Note:
The claim that total eclipses "only happen every 300 years" is inaccurate. Before 2024, the five most recent total solar eclipses happened in 2017, 1979, 1972, 1970, and 1963. View National Weather Service data: https://www.weather.gov/dvn/solareclipseINFO More info about the 2024 total eclipse (& interactive model): https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/
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