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The Moon causes “moonlight” because it’s stealing the Sun’s shine, professionally.

✗ FAKE
The Moon does not produce light. Moonlight is sunlight reflected off the lunar surface. So the claim is partly right that it reflects the Sun's light, but the stealing description is a joke.

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