Christian Barnard performed the first heart transplant in 1967 – the patient lived for 18 days.

In ancient Rome, it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose.

On December 23, 1947, Bell Telephone Laboratories in Murray Hill, N.J., held a secret demonstration of the transistor which marked the foundation of modern electronics.

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