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August 25

4 sourced moments from August 25 in history: Galileo didn't invent the telescope; he sold it to Venice (1609); The 'Great Moon Hoax' began in a New York newspaper (1835); Paris Was Liberated From German Occupation (1944), plus 1 more.

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4 things happened on August 25

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2012 Space · Space Exploration

Voyager 1 left the heliosphere in 2012, not the solar system

Voyager 1 crossed into interstellar space on August 25, 2012 — but the Oort Cloud, the solar system's true edge, is still 300 years ahead.

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1944 History · War & Conflict

Paris Was Liberated From German Occupation

After four years under Nazi rule, the German garrison surrendered and Allied and French troops marched into a jubilant capital.

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1835 Language & Communication · Media & Communication

The 'Great Moon Hoax' began in a New York newspaper

A penny paper announced bat-winged people and unicorns on the Moon, and a startling number of readers simply believed it.

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1609 Space · Astrophysics

Galileo didn't invent the telescope; he sold it to Venice

In August 1609 Galileo pitched an eight-powered spyglass to Venice's senators as a naval early-warning device, and won a life post at 1,000 florins.

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