Nerdy Trivia: December 27, 2025

Fruitcakes feel like the dessert equivalent of those 1960s jello molds with suspended hot dogs and cottage cheese, where someone looked at perfectly good ingredients and decided chaos was the answer. I respect the ambition of cramming every candied fruit known to humanity into one loaf, but that doesn't mean I'm gonna eat it.

"Dallas" might have kicked off the prime-time soap opera craze of the late '70s and early '80s, but its little sibling, "Knots Landing," became the era's real winner. Running for 14 seasons, "Knots Landing" tackled middle-class problems of a small California neighborhood while leaving the glitz and glamour to other TV shows. What's the name of the cul-de-sac where "Knots Landing" takes place?

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43 years ago TODAY, quarters and joystick blisters finally got their own spotlight when "Starcade" premiered in 1982!

It was pure arcade-era wish fulfillment: two players, a timer, a cabinet, and the fantasy that you could show up, mash buttons for glory, and walk out with the kind of prize that made every kid believe in miracles. The games changed all the time, so half the fun was watching someone improvise under pressure like it was the world championship of after-school bragging rights. It started on WTBS right in the middle of the arcade boom, then later jumped to syndication for one more season.

Marvel Comics nearly shut its doors until Stan Lee gambled everything on a revolutionary idea. Instead of another team of perfect heroes, he created a group who lived publicly, squabbled constantly, and treated saving the universe like a family business. Which team earned the title of Marvel's "First Family" and helped launch the entire Marvel Universe?

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