“Cram them full of noncombustible data, chock them so damned full of ‘facts’ they feel stuffed, but absolutely ‘brilliant’ with information. Then they’ll feel they’re thinking, they’ll get a sense of motion without moving. And they’ll be happy, because facts of that sort don’t change. Don’t give them any slippery stuff like philosophy or sociology to tie things up with. That way lies melancholy.” -- Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
December 17, 2022

On this date in 1969 40 million TV viewers watched American singer Tiny Tim marry Miss Vicki Budinger on "The Tonight Show".

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