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In 1674, Dutch fabric seller named Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek made an astonishing discovery. While examining algae with his homemade microscope, a creature with green scales, about a thousand times smaller than a mite, darted across his vision. 2/11 — PolitiTweet.org

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How did a 17th-century shopkeeper make a microscopic lens in his spare time that surpassed the world's greatest by an order of magnitude? 🎨: Ariel Davis https://t.co/JKW0zdH8yX 1/11 https://t.co/o2bE4hd9xp — PolitiTweet.org

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He reported his findings to London’s Royal Society, and two years later followed up with an update. This update would make him a scientific legend. It was so extraordinary that microbiologists refer to it simply as “Letter 18.” 3/11 — PolitiTweet.org

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