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The first telescope was designed to spy on neighbors’ planets. Which makes astronomy the oldest form of long-distance gossip.

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The telescope was invented in the Netherlands in the early 17th century, and Galileo improved it for astronomy in 1609. It was used for navigation and observation, not neighbor spying.

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