Nerdy Trivia: April 9, 2026

The unicorn used to be a serious animal. Hand-stitched into medieval tapestries. Painted for kings. Then we gave it rainbow hair, a waffle cone horn, and put it on a pool float.

What's the name for a unicorn with wings?

Superheroes in the 1930s were loners with a cape (maybe a sidekick) and no interest in teamwork. Then someone figured out that putting a bunch of them in the same book would sell more copies, like a crossover episode before TV. What was the first superhero team introduced by DC Comics?

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50 years ago TODAY, Alfred Hitchcock went out with a wink and a kidnapping plot when "Family Plot" hit theaters in 1976!

Barbara Harris and Bruce Dern play a bickering con-artist couple who stumble into a much nastier scheme, while Karen Black and William Devane keep the other side of the movie sleek, shady, and just off-kilter enough. It’s lighter than a lot of Hitchcock, but that’s part of the fun.

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