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Now I am curious, somebody explain. if it just stopped burning, would we know after 8 mins, if we lived on the opposite side?

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Yes, because of the medium of communication you are using right now.

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It goes to 9 minutes from 8, since every single communication gadget will yell out that the sun has disappeared as reports come in from the other side of the earth.

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Technically true since the daytime side will know first.

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