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With the help of Sir Joseph Needham, spectacles were first invented.
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Gutenberg invented the printing press which created a widespread of books.
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Leonardo da Vinci finished painting the Last Supper, a painting that represents Jesus and his disciples at Jesus' last supper.
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Michelangelp finished sculpting David, a 17 feet tall marble statue of a standing male nude. It is a renaissance masterpiece.
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Leonardo da Vinci finishes his world-wide famous painting, the Mona Lisa
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Pope Julius II requested that Michelangelo paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel (131 by 43 feet) which he did.
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Michaelangelo designed the Laurentian Library in Florence, attached to the church of San Lorenzo.
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Galileo, an Italian scientist, discovered the pendulum which greatly improved the constant movement of the hands or bell of a clock.
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Sir John Harrington, godson to Queen Elizabeth, made the first flush toilet for himself and his godmother.
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Galileo, an Italian astronomer, invented the very first telescope,
