Happy National Chocolate Cupcake Day! At least for today, all other cupcakes are pure trash.

This is The Reset Button from Classic Nerd, resetting your day.

October 18 in Nerd History

Here are five things that happened on October 18th at the intersection of nerd and pop culture.

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Birthdays of honor: Jean-Claude Van Damme (1960), Chuck Berry (1926), Zac Efron (1987), Dawn Wells (1938), Peter Boyle (1935), Martina Navratilova (1956), Mike Ditka (1939), Chuck Lorre (1952).