Bananas were discovered by Alexander the Great in 327 B.C. when he conquered India.

Racecar driver Lee Petty once left a pitstop and did a full lap at Nascar with a pit crew member still on the hood.

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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