Building an evidence base: the landmark papers worth knowing cold

You cannot read everything, but a core set of landmark trials comes up again and again in vivas — know the question, design, key number, and the practice it changed. Think hip fracture (e.g. HEALTH, FAITH), ankle (AIM/WAX), distal radius, and the arthroplasty registry signals. Which papers would you put on the "must know cold" list?