A STUDY BY THE PEW INTERNET & AMERICAN LIFE PROJECT REVEALS THAT ONLLY 25% OF THOSE WHO SEARCH THE INTERNET FOR HEALTH TOPICS CHECK THE SOURCE AND DATE OF THE INFORMATION REGULARLY TO ASSESS ITS QUALITY.

SOURCE: DOES IT REALLY MATTER?

Copernicus was the first to suggest that the earth and planets revolve around the sun - a theory supported by Galileo, Johannes Kepler, and Isaac Newton. Copernicus, however, delayed publishing his findings so as not to incur the wrath of the heliocentric view of the universe led to him being denounced during the roman inquisition.

Source: Galileo's religion By Olaf Pedersen, from The Galileo affair: A meeting of faith and science (Vatican observatory, 1985)