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One infamous example is the spontaneous generation. This is a long-disproven "theory" that the organism comes from non-living things such as clothings. Back in those days, they actually used to have certain "recipes" that can "create" a certain organism. This was because when you place a dead animal on the road, few days later, there might be flies or other animals scavenging on the corpse.

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