"And to discover how his vision would be changed if he modified the shape of his retina, he slipped a bodkin (a long, blunt sewing needle) "betwixt my eye & bone as neare to the backside of my eye as I could.' Again, he almost lost his sight." (pg. 120)
FREAKING OW, MAN. I'm not sure if I respect him more now or not D: Oh yeah, that's Newton. I shared this bit of information in the hufflepuff chatroom though. Someone there proclaimed that this made Newton "badass".
"This basis for the investigation of nature led to some strange statements by Aristotle- for instance, that women have fewer teeth than men. Either Aristotle was not a very accurate observer, he couldn't count, or he had odd taste in women." (pg. 123)
lolol. Hey, women without teeth need love too!
"The book was empty no longer." (pg. 133)
I literally screamed "gah!!" at this point. Too much is too much.
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lol
We get back to the blind references later though.
"But the girl is blonde!"
Oh wait. Wrong book.
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