🔬 Röntgen discovers X-rays (1895)
Where: Würzburg, Germany
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📅 On This Day: November 8
November 8, 1895: Röntgen discovers X-rays. On this day in 1895, in his lab in Würzburg, Germany, Wilhelm Röntgen discovered a mysterious invisible ray. It passed through skin but not bone, so it could take pictures of the bones inside the body. He didn't know what it was, so he called it 'X', meaning unknown.
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- 1920 🎨 Rupert Bear, a little bear in a red jumper and yellow checked trousers, first appeared in a British newspaper, drawn by Mary Tourtel.
🧠 Question of the day
What does the 'X' in X-ray mean?
- The discoverer's name
- The number ten
- Unknown
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Answer: Unknown
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What happened on November 8?
November 8, 1895: Röntgen discovers X-rays. It happened in Würzburg, Germany.
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