Galileo’s Middle Finger.

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It sits in a small glass egg atop an inscribed marble base in the Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, or the History of Science Museum in Florence, Italy. . . . The finger was removed by one Anton Francesco Gori on March 12, 1737, 95 years after Galileoâ€™s death. Passed around for a couple hundred years it finally came to rest in the Florence History of Science Museum. — Curious Expeditions via Kircher

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July 30, 2007 at 7:11 pm by gail
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7 comments to "Galileo’s Middle Finger."

Andrew32
July 30th, 2007 at 8:03 pm
a true F U from beyond the grave.
ghost
July 30th, 2007 at 8:49 pm
might i also add that the egg in with the finger is mounted is oriented to that the finger is pointed towards Rome. three guesses as to why!
Andrew32
July 30th, 2007 at 9:30 pm
hahaha, is that really true ghost?

if so, that’d be too cool.
Ali S.
July 30th, 2007 at 10:30 pm
Hahahaha! Now that is hilarious!
Theresa
July 30th, 2007 at 11:17 pm
While we think the Middle Ages are long past, future historians will see this item and know that the veneration of the relics of martyrs lives on.

Pilgrimage to Canterbury, anyone?
Chris
July 31st, 2007 at 12:16 am
Makes me think of Napoleon Penis
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/040102.html

Let them RIP
KevinD
July 31st, 2007 at 2:41 am
I love it..”passed around for a couple of hundred years” very good!

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