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Why time runs slower near a black hole

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If you ever want to gracefully avoid aging, just hang out near a singularity. Thanks to Einstein's general relativity, the immense gravitational pull of a black hole literally warps the fabric of spacetime, causing time to pass agonizingly slower for you compared to the rest of the universe. It's the ultimate, albeit highly fatal, anti-aging hack.

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