Name one verified prediction of general relativity.
A) Spacetime is flat except inside the Schwarzschild radius of the Sun.
B) Relativity predicts Mercury has an orbital precession, but Newtonian physics does not.
C) Starlight passing near the Sun should be bent away from the Sun by its gravity.
D) Gravitational lensing should make Mercury brighter than it would otherwise be.
E) Mercury's orbital precession is a little bigger than predicted by Newtonian physics.
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