The earliest microscopes were called flea glasses because they were predominantly used to observe small insects such as fleas!
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The Golden Gate Bridge was originally meant to be painted in blue and yellow stripes to increase its visibility. The iconic red color was only the primer. However, after seeing the bridge painted in this red color, a color that has since been officially called international orange, the consulting architect decided that it was more pleasing to the eye and left it as it was.
Leonardo da Vinci’s handwriting was always written with backwards letters, legible only when reflected in a mirror. While many believed he did this to conceal his ideas, it was actually because he was left-handed and didn’t want to smear the ink as he wrote.
Between the 1590s and 1660s, the optical microscope was developed by Zacharias, Hans Jensen and Anton van Leeuwenhowek, among others. Anton van Leeuwenhoek used the simple compound microscope to observe bacteria in droplets of water!
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The Golden Gate Bridge was originally meant to be painted in blue and yellow stripes to increase its visibility. The iconic red color was only the primer. However, after seeing the bridge painted in this red color, a color that has since been officially called international orange, the consulting architect decided that it was more pleasing to the eye and left it as it was.
Leonardo da Vinci’s handwriting was always written with backwards letters, legible only when reflected in a mirror. While many believed he did this to conceal his ideas, it was actually because he was left-handed and didn’t want to smear the ink as he wrote.
Between the 1590s and 1660s, the optical microscope was developed by Zacharias, Hans Jensen and Anton van Leeuwenhowek, among others. Anton van Leeuwenhoek used the simple compound microscope to observe bacteria in droplets of water!
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