Nerdy Trivia: March 29, 2026

I respect the dedication it takes to look at a manatee after six months at sea and decide you've spotted a mermaid. Manatees are roughly the size and shape of a waterlogged couch, which tells you everything about what prolonged ocean travel does to your brain.

The most famous episode of "Ellen" is "The Puppy Episode," but not because of any cute baby dogs. The show was never supposed to be a history-making series. Hell, it wasn't even supposed to be a star vehicle for Ellen DeGeneres. What was "Ellen" originally called during its first season?

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52 years ago TODAY, a mysterious millionaire filled West Egg with champagne, longing, and doomed second chances when "The Great Gatsby" opened in 1974!

Jack Clayton’s 1974 version leans hard into the Jazz Age glamour, with Robert Redford’s Gatsby throwing those enormous Long Island parties while Mia Farrow’s Daisy drifts through the middle of it all like the one thing he can’t actually buy back. With Francis Ford Coppola on the screenplay and Sam Waterston guiding us through the wreckage as Nick Carraway, the movie turned Fitzgerald’s tragedy into a very polished, very melancholy star vehicle.

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