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The first successful kidney transplant was performed in 1954 by American surgeon Joseph Murray, who later received the Nobel Prize in Medicine.

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In 1769, French military engineer Joseph Cugnot built the first motorized steam vehicle, the fardier à vapeur, the forerunner of the automobile.

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The first man-made object to reach the Moon was the Soviet Luna 2 probe, which crashed on September 14, 1959.

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N'Djamena is the administrative capital and largest city of the Republic of Chad. It is the second economic capital of the country (after the city of Moundou).

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Du domaine des Murmures is a novel by Carole Martinez published on August 18, 2011 by Gallimard and won the Prix Goncourt des lycéens in 2011.

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Induced pluripotency involves "reprogramming" a differentiated cell into a stem cell by reactivating the expression of genes associated with the embryonic stage. For this discovery, researcher Shinya Yamanaka was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2012.

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Thelonious Monk had a profound influence on bebop, the jazz movement born in the 1940s that revolutionized harmony, rhythm and improvisation.

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Nina Simone's real name is Eunice Kathleen Waymon. This legendary singer and pianist is known for her contribution to jazz, blues and soul.

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In the periodic table of elements of Mendeleïev, Y is the symbol of the chemical element Yttrium!

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Honiara is the capital of the Solomon Islands. Honiara is located on the northeast coast of the island of Guadalcanal, on the shores of Ironbottom Sound.

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