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6. a) Michelangelo began to paint the Sistine Chapel in 1508 and it took him 4 years to finish it.
b) An apple fell on Isaac Newton's head and so the gravitation theory appeared in the XVIII century.
c) Vincent Van Gogh became the "tortured artist" because he cut off his right ear.
d) Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin over 80 years ago and the first use was to cure conjunctivitis.
e) In 1770, Nicolas Joseph-Cugnot built the first steam powered auto-mobile that moved at a speed near 4 km/h.
f) Aurel Vlaicu invented the first powered airplane that flew in 1919 over Cotroceni, Romania.
g) Ana Aslan found that procaine has anti-aging effects on skin and afterwards she created the Gerovital drug.
h) Before the invention of the refrigerator, people used ice-houses that were underground chambers close to natural sources of ice.
i) Mascara started to be worn by women and men since ancient Egypt because they thought it will protect their souls from evil spirits.
j) John Pemberton made Coca-Cola in 1886 as a medicine but in the end he sold it as a beverage creating the most well-known soda.