Nerdy Trivia: December 19, 2024

Those fancy glass-looking sweets your grandma kept in that bowl that never moved are basically immortal - archaeologists will probably find them intact 1000 years from now, still stuck together in one giant sugary mass. They're either the first or last resort in every candy dish, with absolutely no in-between.

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When New York City faced a supernatural crisis in 1984, four unlikely heroes needed more than just courage to tackle their ghost problem. Armed with unlicensed nuclear accelerators strapped to their backs, the Ghostbusters revolutionized paranormal extermination. So what exactly were those miracle machines that turned ghost-hunting from séances to science?

• Jennifer Beals (1963)
• Criss Angel (1967)
• Richard Hammond (1969)
• Kristy Swanson (1969)
• Alyssa Milano (1972)
• Jake Gyllenhaal (1980)