'And yet it moves!' first appeared in print in 1757, 115 years after Galileo's death.

1633 · 1757 · apart: 124 years

Saying it before the Inquisition would have been suicidal, and no contemporary records it.

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• Trial of Galileo1633 · Rome. In 1633 the Inquisition condemned Galileo for defending Copernicus, and he publicly recanted. The defiant 'And yet it moves!' he supposedly muttered first appeared in print only in 1757.

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