This song does, in fact, contain a factual error.
Galileo’s recantation was not the result of being tortured. (Without looking it up, I’m about 99% sure he was never tortured and I don’t think he was even “shown the instruments of torture”, something they apparently used to do as a first step.)
Yup. (The admittedly minimal research I did said that he was shown the instruments of torture, but the details seemed sketchy).
Galileo’s recantation was not the result of being tortured. (Without looking it up, I’m about 99% sure he was never tortured and I don’t think he was even “shown the instruments of torture”, something they apparently used to do as a first step.)
Yup. (The admittedly minimal research I did said that he was shown the instruments of torture, but the details seemed sketchy).