Nerdy Trivia: August 14, 2025

I'm not usually jealous of a gecko, except when I step out of the shower and a minor slip makes my entire life flash before my eyes. Those tiny lizards have millions of microscopic hairs that basically turn them into tiny Spider-Men, except they figured this out 200 million years before Marvel existed. And chameleons are out here changing colors and moving their eyes independently, which is both weird and super cool.

When most people think of 1889, they probably imagine the Eiffel Tower rising over Paris or Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show touring Europe. But that year also saw two wildly different creative geniuses making moves that would change their respective worlds forever. In Kyoto, Japan, a craftsman named Fusajiro Yamauchi founded a small company called Nintendo, while across the globe, artists were creating masterpieces that would define entire movements. Which of these famous paintings was made the same year Nintendo was founded?

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38 years ago today, "Can't Buy Me Love" was released in theaters!

Nature's size champions tend to grab headlines, from blue whales to giant sequoias. But when it comes to lizards, most people picture tiny geckos or maybe a bearded dragon. What massive lizard species holds the record as the world's largest?

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