Susie Dent reveals reasons for initially declining Countdown role

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Any history buffs out there know when and where was the first use of the word “discovery” re: a scientific finding? Been looking at old dictionaries and learned it used to be used to mean uncover info as a spy. Now I picture scientists as peeping Toms. Awkward. #histsci #lexicographer