Hint: It’s more for science than for support

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On this day almost four centuries ago, the father of modern science was forced to bow to political and religious pressure to save his life

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A United States Army Lieutenant was the first to forecast the deadly storms in the late 1800s. Then he was told to stop.

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And researchers have a new theory for her untimely demise

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The Soviet Union beat the United States to the punch by 20 years

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The sum is hard to comprehend

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But a Frenchman beat him to the electric punch by a month

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