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who was sent to prison for correctly saying that the earth moves around the sun?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.You are thinking of Galileo, he was imprisoned and threatened with torture if he did not recant the rediculous notion that the Earth orbits the Sun. he was not the first to discover this but he was the most famous dissenter to the catholic church, who I believe only acknowledged that the Earth was not the centre of the Universe in the last century.
No i dont think it is a legend, I think the poor old b**ger did whisper it.....
Even in today's era of forced confessions, it is a wrench for someone to swear what he knows is wrong....
it is only very special martyrs who say No ! No ! I'm not going to swear it! even if you rip my finger nails out....