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Fill in the following blanks with suitable words :
We can see the sun about _ minutes before the actual sunrise and about _ minutes after the actual sunset because of atmospheric ___

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Answer : two, two, refraction

Statement: We can see the sun about two minutes before the actual sunrise and about two minutes after the actual sunset because of atmospheric refraction

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