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October 30, 1993

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1993, America’s first veterinarian in space, Martin Fettman, performed the first dissection of an animal in space while aboard the space shuttle Columbia. The lab-rat, Caesar, was one of the 48 rodents that were brought along for the ride, and Dr. Fettman picked him out for the first dissection … Continue reading

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