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  • 2016-12-20 (xsd:date)
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  • Will Tonight Be the Darkest Night in 500 Years? (en)
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  • On 20 December 2016, Facebook users began sharing a link to an io9 article reporting that tonight would be the darkest night in 500 years: We've frequently observed at snopes.com that rumors about celestial happenings tend to be continually recycled long after they're outdated but still spread far and fast, regardless of their accuracy: Some news outlets even picked up on the claim and reported it as current in December 2016. As it happens, the io9 article was accurate ... but that was the case back in 2010, not today: The evening of 20 December 2016 won't be the darkest night in 500 years, nor will it coincide with a lunar eclipse, as the next occurrence of the latter phenomenon won't take place until February 2017. (en)
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