On This Day In History

On this day in history, August 26, 1939 the first televised baseball game was broadcast. It was between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Cincinnati Reds. 

A Day That Changed The World

On July 23, 1962, using the Telstar Satellite, the first Transatlantic Satellite TV Transmission took place connecting North America with Europe.

As over 100-million people witnessed this major scientific breakthrough, for the first time in history, live satellite transmission was broadcast, and it would soon include every continent on earth.

Instantaneously, the world could now see and hear events from everywhere.

As a result, on that day, there was another revolutionary change. Reported exclusively in this fable, here is what happened next:

Psychedelic Mushrooms For Mice

A new Emory University study claims that psychedelic mushrooms added 30% to the lifespan of their test mice, a remarkable result.

In an interview exclusive to this fable, I asked one of the professors how they got the idea to give mice mushrooms to help them live longer.

The First Moon Landing

Yesterday, June 20, 2025 was the 56th anniversary of the first moon landing, as Apollo 11 Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin walked on the moon. 

This journey captured the imaginations of the 650 million people that watched it that day on TV and it still captivates people today.

In a related story reported exclusively for this fable, while walking on the moon, Neil Armstrong lost his car keys somewhere on the moon's surface.

The First Corvette Speeding Ticket

Yesterday was the 72nd anniversary of the first Corvette sports car rolling off the production line in Flint, Michigan in 1953.

According to our fable this Corvette was bought by 18-year-old Marty “Madman” Munoz who 10 minutes after buying it became the first Corvette owner to be ticketed for speeding.

As a result, his parents took his car keys away for a month.

But life has changed greatly since 1953, although not everything.

Drug Smuggling Cat Apprehended

In the news, Costa Rican prison guards apprehended a cat with 230 g of Cannabis and 67 g of Crack Cocaine taped to his little body, as he leaped the prison fence to bring the drugs inside.

Now the Fable:

Authorities became suspicious because the cat had become so weighted down with drugs, he needed help leaping the fence.

Mouse Brains

A new study at UC San Francisco claims female mice the equivalent of 65 human years of age have much sharper, more resilient brains than their male counterparts.

Is this true, I wondered.