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Today, a 21 year old nerd became the youngest person ever to be awarded a medical degree from the University of Chicago. He reportedly has an IQ of 200. Not bad... That's only five points higher than the Blogger's...


Sho Yano — who was reading at age 2, writing at 3 and composing music at 5 — will graduate Saturday from the Pritzker School of Medicine, where he also received a Ph.D. in molecular genetics and cell biology.


I can't believe it took him so long to compose music. He scored 1,500 out of 1,600 points on his SAT at the age of 8! A few years ago, we were fortunate enough to track down the little bastard and he was gracious enough to grant us this short interview...

Three peat for Nabeel

From WGRZ: Nabeel "Noodles" Rahman will be headed to Washington D.C. for the third year in a row to represent the Buffalo area in the National Spelling Bee. Family members vow to beat him with wooden sticks if he does not return home victorious...

BUFFALO, NY - He did it again! Eighth grader at Casey Middle School, Nabeel Rahman was won the 85th Annual Buffalo News Spelling Bee for the third time in a row.

Nabeel, along with 19 other young spellers, competed for the top spot to take part in the national finals in Washington D.C. All of the kids had to get high scores on a written test in order to qualify for the bee.

8th Grader Wins Spelling Bee For Third Year in a Row | wgrz.com

Usually the kids in these contests are so normal...

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Greatest nerd ever

Okay smartie, go to a party
Girls are scantily clad and showin' body
A chick walks by, you wish you could sex her
But you're standin' on the wall like you was Poindexter...

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Revenge of the Nerds

A man told the Indianapolis Star he was robbed of $400 by "two nerds" at a local strip club...

A 26-year-old strip club patron blames two nerds for robbing him of $400.

The victim told police "two nerdy looking guys" hit him on the head at 3 a.m. at Club Paradise, 5255 English Ave.

The victim said the men took $400 cash out of his pockets, according to an Indianapolis Metropolitan police report.

Strip club customer blames robbery on nerds | The Indianapolis Star | indystar.com

Indianapolis police confiscated a pocket protector and a set of Dungeons and Dragons dice inadvertently left at the scene. They have two suspects in mind, but have not yet released their names to the public...

"Where are they?"

"I think they are talking about us."

"No way."

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Look out Dungeons & Dragons

Kids who grew up reading the Harry Potter books are now in college. Like their counterparts from my generation who dressed up in Darth Vader costumes, these nerds are playing Quidditch, the sport made famous in the Potter movies, where Wizards fly around on broomsticks. These kids actually run around with broomsticks between their legs. I guess they have to find something to do while their classmates are out on dates and going to parties...

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Revenge of the nerds laugh sound clip

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Cheating at Sudoku

They think there might have been some cheating going on at the National Sudoku Championships in Philadelphia this weekend. I don't know what's worse. Someone cheating at the National Sudoku Championships or the fact that there is a National Sudoku Championship.

Apparently, this new guy named Eugene coasted all the way to the finals in a hooded sweatshirt. He was unknown to most of the regulars. He won his matches in record setting times. Competitors are allowed to wear headphones and iPods ( there's a great idea). Organizers think his headphone might have been connected to an accomplice with access to Sudoku solving computer software. Red flags were raised when he couldn't complete a simple move at the beginning of the final. You can't blame the guy. Those puzzles can be tough. Say it isn't so, Sudoku Joe.

In unrelated news at the nerdfest, competitors shared their various experiences of being tossed into high school lockers and organizers discussed random testing of competitors next year for the use of anabolic steroids.
Possible cheating probed at Sudoku tournament*