Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek, the father of microbiology, was horrified by how sperm looked under the microscope.
He was so uncomfortable he wished he could unsee what he'd just observed.
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Something #wintry to match today's weather:
#Music for 'On the #Cold ground', from The Dancing Master, John Playford,1665.
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