Good evening. The Buffalo Bills’ last-second, comeback win over the Baltimore Ravens last night was one for the NFL history books.

• The Bills are now the first team in history to be down 15+ points with under four minutes left and win the game in regulation. Before this game, teams were just 3-2,315 when put in Buffalo’s position (trailing by 15+ points with under four minutes to play), equating to a win percentage of ~0.13%.
• The game’s final score of 41-40 marks a Scorigami, meaning that had never been the final score of an NFL game prior to Sunday night.

And in other good news for Bill’s fans: The University of North Carolina’s football team beat Charlotte 20-3 on Saturday, earning head coach Bill Belichick his first collegiate win.

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Each of the following events happened on September 8. Your challenge is to put them in the order in which they occurred by year, earliest to latest. Answers at the bottom!

• A) American company 3M begins marketing a transparent adhesive tape under the trademarked name Scotch tape. It confuses men of the era (probably), who are used to the term “Scotch” referring to what they drink at the office during meetings.
• B) Queen Elizabeth II dies at the age of 96, after more than seven decades on the British throne. Her eldest son becomes King Charles III, the current King of the UK.
• C) The first episode of sci-fi series Star Trek airs on NBC, launching what would become the most "successful failure" in TV history. The series lasts for only three seasons due to low ratings, but it eventually finds new life in syndication, growing into one of the longest-running and highest-grossing media franchises of all time.
• D) Michelangelo's David is unveiled in the Piazza della Signoria in Florence. The sculpture, widely considered a masterpiece, is one of the defining works of the Renaissance.

Hint: If you’re stuck in place like a statue, use it as an anchor event (#1)

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The first clue of today’s sequence is: “Put all your cut trees and limbs in a big pile, then light one of these on a cool night”...

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D, A, C, B

• D) 1504: Michelangelo's David is unveiled in the Piazza della Signoria in Florence.
• A) 1930: American company 3M begins marketing a transparent adhesive tape under the trademarked name Scotch tape.
• C) 1966: The first episode of sci-fi series Star Trek airs on NBC.
• B) 2022: Queen Elizabeth II dies at the age of 96, after more than seven decades on the British throne. Her eldest son becomes King Charles III, the current King of the UK.