stackyFACTSImagine inventing an entire meteorological tool just to win a physics argument. Evangelista Torricelli built the first barometer in 1643 strictly to prove that the invisible atmosphere was actually pushing down on us. He won the debate, and we got the ability to predict thunderstorms.
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