Nerdy Trivia: December 22, 2025

"Good Will Hunting" made me think I could solve impossible equations if I just stared at a chalkboard long enough, but mostly I just got confused about what the professor's handwriting was supposed to say.

One of the best parts about alien invasions is the different ways aliens try to take over the world. "Independence Day" goes for the all-out assault, "The Forgotten" goes for a more convoluted "let's just steal the kids and gaslight the parents" approach, and "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" goes for something in the middle. How do people avoid being replaced in "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"?

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25 years ago TODAY, modern life got put on mute when "Cast Away" was released in 2000!

Tom Hanks played Chuck Noland, a FedEx workhorse who lived on deadlines until he got stranded with nothing but ocean, sun, and time. The movie made survival feel like routine, not heroics, and the silence did most of the talking. Helen Hunt grounded the story as the life waiting on the other side, and Robert Zemeckis let the loneliness sit in the frame until it hurt. Hanks won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a drama, and the film earned Oscar nominations for his performance and for sound. What's the name Chuck's volleyball companion?

You really can’t blame Wakanda for holding on to all of that vibranium. I mean, just admit it — you, like everyone else in the movie theater, immediately wanted as much of it as you could get as soon as you learned about it, even though you knew it wasn’t even real. It’s what Captain America’s shield is made of, for crying out loud!

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