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It's true (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 28 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I thought so too so I checked. The plague came in many waves (famously the black death was in the 1300s which may be why we were confused) but there was a major plague outbreak in 1665-1666 which is when Newton was doing his work on optics.

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