A cube falls into a black hole with one flat side aimed directly for the hole. What happens to the dimensions of the cube?
A) Length, width, and height all shrink in the same fashion, so the cube retains its shape.
B) The dimension moving toward the hole is stretched, but the other two remain unchanged.
C) All three dimensions are distorted as the nearer points are pulled harder toward the singularity than the further points.
D) The dimension moving toward the hole is shortened, but the other two remain unchanged.
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