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Oct 2022
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S1E201 - Kapow's Power of Invention: The...

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It isn’t known who invented the first telescope, but in 1608, a Dutch eyeglass maker named Hans was the first person to patent the telescope. He called his telescope a looker, and it was able to magnify an image up to three times! 
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