Galileo is known for many accomplishments. Called the "father of observational astronomy", the "father of modern physics", the "father of the scientific method", and the "father of modern science", but did you know that he also taught art at a prestigious school, did an experiment by dropping objects off the Leaning Tower of Pisa, oh yeah and was almost killed by the Catholic Church because he said that the Earth rotated around the sun (and not the other way around).