Actress Teresa Graves is best remembered for her role as undercover police detective Christie Love on the ABC crime drama Get Christie Love! She died from smoke inhalation in a fire at her home on Oct. 10, 2002 at the age of 54.
1933 - Dreft, the first synthetic detergent, was introduced to the market. It represented an improvement in laundry detergent because synthetic materials are less susceptible to hard water.
Fact of the Day
The busiest pharmacy in the world is the Vatican Pharmacy because it stocks hard-to-find medications and is cheaper because purchases aren’t subject to Italian taxes.
Nature Oddities
The ironclad beetle has one of the toughest exoskeletons among all insects, able to endure forces of up to 39,000 times its body weight. That makes it impossible to insert an insect pin without drilling a hole first.
Food and Drink
In 2010, the USDA had such a surplus of whole milk and milk fat that they worked with restaurants to expand their menus to include cheese-laden products, including paying for a $12 million marketing campaign for Domino's to develop a new line of pizzas with 40% more cheese.