Nerdy Trivia: September 1, 2025

Labor Day started as a tribute to workers in the 19th century and evolved into the official “last chance to grill something before school traffic returns.” It’s also the day fashion police quietly retire their annual “no white after today” reminder.

It feels like a stretch when songwriter Liam Sternberg says he was inspired to write "Walk Like an Egyptian" after watching seasick passengers stumbling on a ferry, but I guess I kinda see it? Regardless, the song became a hit in the '80s and spent a month on top of the Billboard Hot 100. Which band was able to dig up a top-charting single when they released "Walk Like an Egyptian"?

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71 years ago today, Alfred Hitchcock gave us a peak inside when he released "Rear Window" in 1954! It was James Stewart's second of four collaborations with Hitchcock, and is still considered one of the greatest films of all time.

Welcome to the wild world of labor history, where the sweat of the working class mingles with the sweet scent of barbecue and the distant echo of silenced alarm clocks. Labor Day: that magical time when Americans unite in their shared love of doing absolutely nothing productive. It's a holiday so ingrained in our cultural fabric that we've practically forgotten its origins, much like how we've forgotten the pain of wearing real shoes after a summer of flip-flops.

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