Nerdy Trivia: August 20, 2025

That transistor radio from the 70s still picks up signals just fine and sounds as good as the day it rolled off the assembly line. Meanwhile, smart TVs need three different remotes and an engineering degree just to change channels. When the power goes out, the folks with batteries and actual radio waves are the only ones in the neighborhood who know what's happening while everyone else stares at dead screens waiting for the Wi-Fi to return.

Muhammad Ali spent his early boxing career dancing around the ring picking up Olympic gold and shocked the world by beating Sonny Liston. But before he became the three-time heavyweight champion and changed the sport forever, those early medals and championship belts had a different name engraved on them. What is Muhammad Ali's birth name?

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36 years ago today, "Saved by the Bell" premiered on NBC! It only ran for four seasons, but it spawned two spin-off shows and two TV movies. There's no show more elder millennial than SBTB.

We complain a lot about the lack of modern Saturday morning cartoons around here, but even we forget that there were also Saturday morning sitcoms. "Saved by the Bell" had its moments in primetime, but it was largely known to a kid and teen audience thanks to its regular Saturday morning broadcasts on NBC.

Check out more celeb birthdays in today's birthday post!