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Who discovered X-rays?

Correct answer A. Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen

Explanation

Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen discovered X-rays in 1895 while experimenting with cathode-ray tubes, and won the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901.

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