{"id":4508,"date":"2022-04-29T04:20:25","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T03:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thinkparrot.com\/?p=4508"},"modified":"2023-09-28T06:12:52","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T05:12:52","slug":"how-telescopes-were-invented","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinkparrot.com\/how-telescopes-were-invented\/","title":{"rendered":"How telescopes were invented"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:22px\"><em>Contrary to beliefs, it wasn&#8217;t the Dutch eyeglass maker,&nbsp;Hans Lippershey, who invented the telescope, but Ollie the Orange-winged Amazon!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"597\" src=\"https:\/\/thinkparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Ollie_scope_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinkparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Ollie_scope_1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/thinkparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Ollie_scope_1-400x265.jpg 400w, https:\/\/thinkparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Ollie_scope_1-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thinkparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Ollie_scope_1-570x378.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>&#8220;Tum ti tum&#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"597\" src=\"https:\/\/thinkparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Ollie_scope_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinkparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Ollie_scope_2.jpg 900w, https:\/\/thinkparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Ollie_scope_2-400x265.jpg 400w, https:\/\/thinkparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Ollie_scope_2-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thinkparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Ollie_scope_2-570x378.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>&#8220;Woah!!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"597\" src=\"https:\/\/thinkparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Ollie_scope_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinkparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Ollie_scope_3.jpg 900w, https:\/\/thinkparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Ollie_scope_3-400x265.jpg 400w, https:\/\/thinkparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Ollie_scope_3-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thinkparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Ollie_scope_3-570x378.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>&#8220;What&#8217;s this?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"597\" src=\"https:\/\/thinkparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Ollie_scope_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinkparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Ollie_scope_4.jpg 900w, https:\/\/thinkparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Ollie_scope_4-400x265.jpg 400w, https:\/\/thinkparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Ollie_scope_4-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thinkparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Ollie_scope_4-570x378.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>&#8220;No way!!!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contrary to beliefs, it wasn&#8217;t the Dutch eyeglass maker,\u00a0Hans Lippershey, who invented telescopes, but Ollie the Orange-winged Amazon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4527,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[38],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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