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Trivia question of the day — Apr 11, 2026

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QUESTION OF THE DAYSAT 11 APR
DIFFICULTY 65 · HARDSCIENCE

Andreas Vesalius, author of the 1543 anatomy landmark De Humani Corporis Fabrica, was born in which city?

  1. Antwerp
  2. Brussels
  3. Basel
  4. Padua
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B. Brussels

Vesalius was born in Brussels in 1514 into a family of court physicians; he taught anatomy at Padua and later served Emperor Charles V and then Philip II of Spain.

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