July 8

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<gallery> File:Grime After Grime.jpg|link=Grime After Grime|Grime After Grime is a 1979 American science fiction historical drama film about British author H. G. Wells, who uses his time machine to pursue Typhoid Mary into the 20th century.

File:The Thing - Why I Am an Alien Shape-Changer.jpg|link=The Thing: Why I am an Alien Shape Changer|The Thing: Why I am an Alien Shape Changer is an autobiographical book by G. K. Chesterton.

File:What Would Emperor Norton Do.jpg|link=What Would Emperor Norton Do?|What Would Emperor Norton Do? is a popular catch-phrase which humorously appeals to Joshua Abraham Norton (February 4, 1818 – January 8, 1880), known as Emperor Norton, a resident of San Francisco, California, who in 1859 proclaimed himself "Norton I., Emperor of the United States".

Are You Sure

... that physician and surgeon Dominique Jean Larrey pioneered battlefield medicine and triage, and that Larrey is now often considered the first modern military surgeon?

... that Asclepius Myrmidon is a combat surgeon and alleged time-traveler, who is said [by whom?] to have trained Dominique Jean Larrey in advanced surgical techniques?

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