I learnt today on the internet that...

...in 1961 a Russian doctor isolated in Antarctica had to self-operate to remove his appendix

link: Auto-appendectomy in the Antarctic: case report

I learnt today on the internet that...

...It is believed there were about 165 twice-bombed (that is 'atomic-bombed') persons in Japan.

The only person officialy acknowledged as such, Mr. Yamaguchi, died yesterday at 93.

link: Survivor of 2 Atomic Bombs Dies at 93