1969 - "Sesame Street” — the educational children’s television series — made its debut on PBS. Today, it’s considered one of the greatest television series of all time.
Fact of the Day
Before the invention of glasses, people would shape and polish stones made of quartz until they formed a lens. They would then place the stone on whatever they wanted to read, magnifying it.
Nature Oddities
The razorback suckerfish is estimated to live more than 40 years, with both males and females maturing at the age of 4.
Food and Drink
McDonald’s stopped selling salads in the U.S. in 2020 because they became more of a liability than a draw after the CDC identified the fast-food chain as the likely source of an intestinal illness caused by consuming contaminated salads.