Nerdy Trivia: October 17, 2025

The Italians turned dinner into an anatomy lesson when they started handing out names to pasta shapes. You've got linguine, which means "little tongues" and, pansotti, which means "big bellies," and orecchiette, which means "little ears" and is impossible to pronounce. And then you have strozzapreti, which literally translates to "priest strangler." I was always more of a penne and spaghetti person myself.

What do you get when you trap nine celebrities in giant boxes and force contestants to figure out if Phyllis Diller actually knows anything about home economics? That's right, you get "The Hollywood Squares," which was more comedy show than game show most of the time. Who was the first host to help guide contestants to their celebrity-fueled tic-tac-toe win?

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28 years ago TODAY, a guilty secret came back with a hook when “I Know What You Did Last Summer” hit theaters in 1997! It starred Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, and Freddie Prinze Jr. and was a box office hit. There were two sequels in 1998 and 2006, and then a full return of the cast for a new movie in 2025.

It's hard to understate the numerous strokes of genius Steven Spielberg had while making 1982's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Kids riding bikes that fly across the moon, the phrase "phone home", bringing stuff back to life — and of course, using candy to lure an alien.

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