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• 💃 Golden oldies
• 🧩 New puzzles
• 📺 GOAT TV shows cancelled too early

…and much more.

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Each of the following events happened on September 14. Your challenge is to put them in the order in which they occurred by year, earliest to latest. Answers at the bottom!

• A) The Golden Girls, a sitcom centering on four older women—a group usually ignored on TV—premieres. The show is an instant hit, and ultimately runs for seven seasons and 180 episodes.
• B) The Kellogg Company begins selling Pop-Tarts. The innovative portable breakfast treat—and anytime snack—would go on to sell billions annually and help redefine the breakfast food market.
• C) MLB cancels its playoffs after players go on strike. It marks the first year in almost a century without a World Series winner, and prematurely ends one of baseball’s most exciting seasons in recent memory.
• D) Francis Scott Key pens “The Star-Spangled Banner,” which is later set to music and becomes America’s national anthem. The poem, originally titled “The Defence of Fort M'Henry,” is written after Key witnessed the Maryland fort being bombarded by the British.

Hint: Each pack has 2 Pop-Tarts in it

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Today’s Conjoiner is heading for the reef. Strap on your mask, follow the clues, and dive into the adventure.

The first clue of today’s sequence is: “Tube that lets a swimmer breathe without lifting their head from the water”

Mini

Someone has to lead the pack. Step up and show today’s mini who’s in charge.

• Play today’s mini crossword.

Sudoku

The clues are few, the challenge is true. Every solution starts with you.

• Play today's puzzle.

Few foods can transport you back to childhood faster than a bowl of cereal. And everyone seems convinced the box they grew up with was the best one.

Now, the cereal aisle is going head-to-head on GOATWars, where you can help settle breakfast’s biggest argument. 

Showdowns include:

• Cinnamon Toast Crunch 🆚 Lucky Charms 
• Frosted Flakes 🆚 Cap’n Crunch 
• Fruity Pebbles 🆚 Froot Loops  

📺 THE GREATEST “CANCELLED TOO SOON” TV SHOW OF ALL TIME

1. Firefly
2. Deadwood
3. Freaks and Geeks
4. Pushing Daisies
5. My So-Called Life

Explore the full list.

Note: Results are as of the published time; these lists are dynamic and may change.

D, B, A, C

• D) 1814 – Francis Scott Key pens “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
• B) 1964 – The Kellogg Company begins selling Pop-Tarts.
• A) 1985 – The Golden Girls premieres.
• C) 1994 – MLB cancels its playoffs and World Series with players on strike.

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