Add an entry on the Beatles + Medicine.

I don't think I'd ever heard the rumor until today, so I learned the rumor and that it was incorrect at the same time...
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+The Beatles & Medicine
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+In the 1960's, The Beatles were signed by EMI, a record company but also one which developed medical technologies.
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+It is commonly believed that revenue generated from the Beatles' success was used by EMI to fund the development of the CT scanner.
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+`Maislin & Voss (2012) <https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22446352/>`_ show this to be a misconception, though an interesting one.