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Fluoridation became an official policy of the U.S. Public Health Service by 1951, and by 1960 water fluoridation had become widely used in the U.S., reaching about 50 million people. [2] By 2006, 69.2% of the U.S. population on public water systems were receiving fluoridated water, amounting to 61.5% of the total U.S. population. [3]
Today (also called The Today Show) is an American morning television show that airs weekdays from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on NBC.The program debuted on January 14, 1952. It was the first of its genre on American television and in the world, and after 72 years of broadcasting it is fifth on the list of longest-running United States television serie
It was almost 1.8 metres (5 ft 11 in) tall, weighed 340 kilograms (750 lb) and cost about US$5,000 ($68,000 in 2023 dollars) each. It consumed 3 kilowatts, about three times as much as today's microwave ovens, and was water-cooled. The name was the winning entry in an employee contest. [20]
What started as an 800-pound device priced between two and three thousand dollars and mainly used for commercial purposes became modified over the years into a more affordable $495 countertop ...
In the years that followed with daytime soap operas fill the daytime slots, talk shows become limited and some of which has since moved into syndication during the 1970s. In recent years, CBS added talk shows for the first time as a replacement for cancelled soap operas, most notably As the World Turns. Talk shows typically last one hour, and ...
Food packaging like burger wrappers and take-out containers have long contained forever chemicals. The FDA says it's stopping that. (Getty Creative) (Daniel Lozano Gonzalez via Getty Images)
A microwave oven passes microwave radiation at a frequency near 2.45 GHz (12 cm) through food, causing dielectric heating primarily by absorption of the energy in water. Microwave ovens became common kitchen appliances in Western countries in the late 1970s, following the development of less expensive cavity magnetrons. Water in the liquid ...
Microwaves weren’t necessary for popcorn in the ‘80s. Whether air-popped or made with a hot oil popper, the sight and sound of kernels bursting into fluffy, buttery popcorn became a movie ...