( ( Galileo ( -LRB- ( 1564-1642 -RRB- ) ) ) ( ( ( ( invented ( the ( first telescope ) ) ) and ) ( was ( plotting ( the stars ) ) ) ) . ) )
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Galileo (1564-1642) invented the first telescope and was plotting the stars.
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