Happy National Ampersand Day! This hardworking piece of punctuation simply doesn’t get enough usage or credit. It holds the power to combine anything with nothing more than a single character. Amazing & efficient.

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September 8 in Nerd History

Here are five things that happened on September 8th at the intersection of nerd and pop culture.

I.

Birthdays of honor: Pink (1979), Patsy Cline (1932), Peter Sellers (1925), Gaten Matarazzo (2002), Jonathan Taylor Thomas (1981), David Arquette (1971), Jimmie Rodgers (1897), Neko Case (1970).

II.

Today in 1966 Star Trek premiered in the U.S. on NBC.