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Democritus was responsible for it. Democritus was a Greek philosopher who lived nearly 2,500 years ago. He was the first to propose that all matter is composed of tiny particles which he called "atomos," which is the Greek word for indivisible. Turns out he was right, and we still call them atoms.

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