Nerdy Trivia: February 21, 2026

Pangolins spent millions of years maxing out their defense stats to stay safe from lions. Unfortunately, that means they spent nothing on speed and attack, so humans get to just pick them up like living pinecones.

Playing cowboys in the backyard doesn't usually end in heartbreak, but "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" turns those childhood games into a devastating metaphor for getting left by someone you love. Over the years, it's been covered by countless singers. Who wrote the song "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)"?

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34 years ago TODAY, a tough L.A. cop got stuck with the one partner he couldn’t fire, outrun, or ignore when "Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot" opened in theaters in 1992!

Sylvester Stallone plays a grumpy detective whose tiny, overprotective mom, Tutti (Estelle Getty), shows up for a visit, buys an illegal gun “to help,” and winds up tagging along on his big case. It got roasted by critics, and Stallone called it one of the worst movies in the universe (and he emphasized that even included alien movies we don't know about).

Ah, 2001: A Space Odyssey – simultaneously a cinematic masterpiece and the world's most expensive lava lamp. Since 1968, it's been baffling audiences and sparking debates. Is it about human evolution? Alien intervention? The perils of AI? Or just Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke's grand scheme to see how many people they could send on an existential crisis after a trip to the movies? Whatever it is, Kubrick's obsessive attention to detail and Clarke's visionary sci-fi mind created a visual and narrative feast that still outshines many modern films.

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