Photons behave very strangely if you try to cut them

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Particles of light cannot be divided into smaller particles, but if you try to snip off the end of one, instead of shortening it multiplies

Particles of light cannot be divided into smaller particles, but if you try to snip off the end of one, instead of shortening it multiplies

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