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Galileo's Fingers, Tooth Reportedly Found


Galileo, who died in 1642, was branded a heretic by the Vatican for saying the Earth revolved around the Sun. The Vatican overturned that decision in the 1990s. (File)
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A Florence museum says two fingers and a tooth believed to belong to Galileo Galilei have been found and will go on display next spring. Three fingers and a tooth were taken from the astronomer's body in 1737 and placed in a container.

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