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* [[Science Marches On]]: An interesting tidbit in the very beginning at Big Edna's. You can see a sign in the background saying that they cook all of their meat "medium with a pink center unless otherwise specified". This was in 1989 and ''not a joke'', as it was before the 1993 [[wikipedia:Jack in the Box#E. coli disaster|Jack-in-the-Box E coli disaster]] in which four children died and hundreds of others became sick in the Seattle area as well as California, Idaho and Nevada, after eating undercooked and contaminated meat from Jack in the Box. These days '''all''' meat is cooked well done unless specified, and menus have warnings against eating undercooked meats.
** Though to be fair, ''pink'' beef can still be hot enough to kill bacteria. It's ''red'' beef that's trouble.
** [[Technology Marches On]]: The UHF band in general. The launch of [[FOX]] TV as a fourth US commercial network in 1986 meant twelve VHF TV channels (which had been enough for three stations in each major market) were no longer adequate; meanwhile the TV sets have improved. Digital transition meant many longtime [[NBC]] and [[CBS]] affiliates who'd claimed low channels like "2" or "6" early as prime spots for their 1950s analogue signals
* [[Screw Politeness, I'm a Senior!]]: R.J. Fletcher
* [[Severely Specialized Store]]: Spatula City.
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