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August 25, 1609

Posted on August 25, 2013 by Joel Byers

On THIS DATE IN TWISTED-HISTORY! in 1609, Galileo Galilei demonstrated his first telescope to a group of Venetian lawmakers. It had the power to magnify objects at three times the power of normal eyesight and it quickly impressed the lawmakers, as well as military men, ship captains, scientists and Giovanni Faberonni. Soon thereafter, Galileo quickly … Continue reading →

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July 16, 1994

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Joel Byers

On July 16, 1994 Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with and impregnated the planet Jupiter just as Edgar Cayce, the dreaming seer, predicted back on March 23, 1937. Planetologists, Pardot Kynes and his son Liet, of the Corrino Corporation have expressed their opinion in the 19 years since the impregnation that when a comet loves a … Continue reading →

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