Hindsight
Trivia brain teasers have some element of trivia in them, but they are not just pure trivia questions.
Two friends sat talking, when one said to the other:
"I love clear nights - they allow me to literally look at things past."
His friend, highly confused by this statement but feeling embarrassed, merely grunted his agreement. However, that night when he got home, he decided to research what his friend might have meant.
What did he find?
HintLook at the stars.
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Answer
Even the nearest star, Proxima Centauri, is a long distance from earth. Proxima Centauri lays 4.2 lightyears away from earth. This means that if you look up and see Proxima Centauri, the light you are actually seeing was emitted from the star over four years earlier, and therefore in a sense you are looking into the past, as you are seeing a past image of the star.
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gwhschica   
Jun 13, 2006
| Awesome teaser dogboy, it was too easy tho..lol =D |
GebbieRose 
Jun 13, 2006
| Science teachers try to "wow" students with this fact. Enjoyed your teaser!  |
xxilove_ihatexx
Jun 13, 2006
| okayyy................ |
xxilove_ihatexx
Jun 13, 2006
| okayyy................ |
calmsavior
Jun 13, 2006
| well actually this happens with ALL objects that are viewed. something you see that is about one foot away (like the computer monitor or device you are looking at) is about a billionth of a second delayed. not much, but still something. |
PugLover101
Jun 13, 2006
| omg... first this was getting me like, what the heck? then when i looked at the answer i'm like, oh yeahhh... i remember learning that recently. i obviously don't remember things too well when needed, lol |
patm
Jun 14, 2006
| Easy, but a cool thought! Thanx. |
zigthepig
Jun 16, 2006
| Awesome Snoopy! Love this one.. one my favourites.  |
geofreak2010
Jun 18, 2006
| The nearest star to the earth is the Sun. |
gwhschica
Jun 19, 2006
| wow...that was kinda random, but not really... |
geofreak2010
Jun 20, 2006
| Oh, sorry..I meant that the Sun was the closest star to the Earth, not Proxima Centauri. |
sweetmama
Jun 20, 2006
| Picky, picky, picky, these people, Oy! Well I don't remember learning that in school, so it threw me. So it is true....you do learn something new everyday. I love your teasers. |
Unraveled
Jun 25, 2006
| This is kind of a know-it-or-you-don't teaser. 
And if you don't know it, you learn something new. |
kcheer2493
Jul 09, 2006
| huh? |
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