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You speak English too well - you have surpassed English speakers. None of us know the difference between further and further.

They're the same :P

You’re right in theory, but in practice further is used a lot for literal distance. I don’t think I ever hear farther used at all actually

This is, I think, a learned distinction and not universally observed. I only learned this distinction in university.

If these words have identical etymology (do they?), then the distinction adds no value, in my eyes.