Here are five things that happened on November 23rd at the intersection of nerd and pop culture.

I.

Birthdays of honor: Boris Karloff (1887), Harpo Marx (1888), Miley Cyrus (1992), Dominique Dunne (1959).

II.

It's not often that we highlight something before the 20th century, let alone a couple of thousand years ago, but today we're doing just that, and there's nothing you can do about it.

That's because today in 534 B.C., the first person to ever take the stage and pretend to be a character, instead of themselves, did so when Thespis of Icaria stepped out from the chorus and put a mask on. As told by Aristotle, this was quite a surprise and completely revolutionized theater from that point on.