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What is a foldscope? Give an answer with as much detail as possible

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Foldscope's lens has a magnification of 140x. With that, you can see tiny things like bacteria, blood cells, and single-celled organisms like copepods, tardigrades, tetrahymena, diatoms, rotifers, nematodes and more. As well as larger things like a insects, fabrics, tissues!
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