Nerdy Trivia: September 7, 2025

I like to think I have a pretty good palate, but give me three different pieces of salami and I have no idea what notes I'm tasting for beyond salt and meat. Some delis are overflowing with tubes of what really just feels like mystery meat, ranging in price from "sure, why not" to "oh my god, why?" Don't get me wrong though, if I see it on a charcuterie board, I'll always make room for it on my plate.

The late 1970s saw disco fever reach new heights, with everyone getting down to the Bee Gees and Donna Summer. The Grammy Awards, never ones to miss a cultural moment, decided to jump on the bandwagon and created their Best Disco Recording category to honor the genre that was packing dance floors across America. But eventually the disco balls came down, and so did the award. How many years did the Best Disco Recording award exist at the Grammys?

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58 years ago TODAY, one of TVs strangest sitcoms went airborne when "The Flying Nun" premiered on ABC. Now look, I understand the '60s really experimented with some strange TV concepts –"I Dream of Jeannie," "Bewitched," "My Favorite Martian"– but I want to go back in time and be in the room for the pitch of "The Flying Nun." "What if we stick Sally Fields in a Convent and allow her to fly because she's just so light?" And that's just the premise, it doesn't even go into the actual episodes, like in one where a bird falls in love with her.

Someone once convinced millions of Americans to buy a rock in a box. Not a magic rock. Not a rare rock. Just a regular rock, nestled in wood shavings, with a straight-faced instruction manual for "training" it. The joke worked precisely because it wasn't trying to be anything else. But when did this gloriously stupid idea hit stores?

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