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How to break the speed of light (in your backyard)

Want to break the speed of light? This super-easy party trick just requires a laser pointer, the moon, and a clever explanation via YouTube's MinutePhysics.

Sure, it's cheating. And it doesn't prove Einstein wrong. But it explains how there's no actual "cosmic speed limit" and proves that "we're often wrong about what we think Einstein proved," Gizmodo reports.

And, no, you won't risk blinding on-the-moon astronauts.

In related news, scientists (not just YouTube watchers in their backyards) may have actually broken the speed of light — without the use of a laser pointer.