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TIL – Jesuit Priest Athanasius Kircher has been compared to da Vinci as ‘Master of a Hundred Arts’. Considered a founder of Egyptology, proposed the plague was spread by microorganism, andinventions attributed to him include a magnetic clock, various automatons and the first megaphone.

by whatilearned May 9, 2022, 8:33 pm

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NiteTiger says:

May 9, 2022 at 8:33 pm

Jesuits do like their studies, so I’m not surprised. Still impressive.

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notDannordaMan says:

May 9, 2022 at 8:33 pm

Jesuits these days are the worst but Catholicism has historically been intellectually advanced.

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diMario says:

May 9, 2022 at 8:33 pm

Jesuits = automatic downvote. Scumbags!

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