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“To me, the noise of a threshing machine is better music than a lot of music I hear nowadays. I took a man's place in the threshing crew when I was only 14 years old.”

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Clyde Tombaugh
Clyde Tombaugh

Clyde W. Tombaugh was an American astronomer best known for his discovery of Pluto. Born on February 4, 1906, and passing away on January 17, 1997, Tombaugh worked at the Lowell Observatory. His discovery of Pluto in 1930 was a significant milestone in 20th-century astronomy. more

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