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Light is something like raindrops each little lump of light is called a photon and if the light is all one color, all the raindrops are the same.

Richard P. Feynman

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Richard P. Feynman
Age: 69 †
Born: 1918
Born: May 11
Died: 1988
Died: February 15
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