Mohammed Al-Sa'idi, an Iraqi security personnel and an affiliate of the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service, gained international attention after undergoing a highly complex and successful bilateral hand transplant surgery in India.
In 1973, Texas State Rep. Jim Kaster filed a bill that, if passed, would force criminals to tell their victims 24 hours before committing the crime that they were doing it. Sadly, the bill was defeated.
1504, stranded in Jamaica with a famished crew, Columbus faced a mutiny and a blockade of food supplies from the indigenous Arawak people. Using an almanac by astronomer Regiomontanus, Columbus predicted a total lunar eclipse. When turned moon turned red, the terrified Arawak stopped the blockade.
A record-breaking 17 nurses in the Labor and Delivery unit at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio, are pregnant at the same time. This heartwarming baby boom has easily surpassed the unit's previous record of 11 concurrent pregnancies set in 2019.