Nerdy Trivia: January 15, 2026

People will swear their hometown has great bagels, and I just nod politely while knowing they've never experienced the real deal made with that perfect mineral balance from the Catskills. It's not snobbery if the chemistry is actually different, which is my official defense for being insufferable about this.

You say "Here's looking at you, kid" and everyone pictures Humphrey Bogart. You say "You can't handle the truth" and everyone can see Jack Nicholson looking like he's about to burst a blood vessel. There's a command from the late 1980s that has completely escaped its source, usually delivered to anyone who's spiraling and needs to get a grip. Which movie gave us the iconic line "Snap out of it"?

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52 years ago TODAY, a leather jacket and a jukebox made the ’50s feel brand-new when "Happy Days" premiered in 1974!

Set in the 1950s and early 60s, the show followed Richie Cunningham, his family, and his friends killing time, with Henry Winkler’s Fonzie turning cool into a weekly event. The mix of gentle family stories, retro rock and roll, and pure Fonzie cool turned it into one of TV’s biggest hits of the late 70s. It hit number one in the Nielsen ratings in 1976–77, ran for 11 seasons, and spawned spin-offs like "Laverne & Shirley" and "Mork & Mindy."

What's the name of the diner?

Every morning on "Hill Street Blues," sleepy officers would drag themselves to roll call, nursing cups of terrible station coffee. And every morning, they'd perk up just a bit when Sergeant Esterhaus wrapped up the briefing. What five words did he use to send them out onto the streets?

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