27 Impressive (And Nerdy) Accomplishments
We can mock nerds, but some of them will be more famous than we can possibly imagine.
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We may hold actual nerds in little regard -- mocking their favorite activities and hobbies as wastes of times. But some nerds shrug it off and keep going; right until they're more famous than any of us will ever be. We asked our readers to show those who have achieved that fame, and gave $200 to the winner ...
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![CRACKEDOON A team of 32 people built the world's largest LEGO model of the Star Wars X-wing Starfighter. It took 17, 336 hours to construct, it contai](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/8/4/1/227841.jpg?v=1)
![RAIDEFS AIDERS ot the LOSTARK THE ADAPTATION In 1982, two superfans decided to do a shot-for-shot remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark. They were 10 and](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/8/3/5/227835.jpg?v=1)
![5TAR VADER'S OBFVA Steve Sansweet has the world's largest collection of Star Wars memorabilia. The collection consists of roughly 300,000 toys, pinbal](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/8/3/3/227833.jpg?v=1)
![Mark Dermul found out that the iconic structure which used to house Luke Skywalker has decayed severely on his trip to the landmark. Together with his](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/8/3/1/227831.jpg?v=1)
![Rich Weissensel has spent many working on these DeLoreans8 A monster truck ninurmintmnm A convertible A limousine And yes, a hovercraft!](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/8/2/5/227825.jpg?v=1)
![CRACKED COME In 2010, 21-year-old Lisa Courtney set the Guinness World Record for biggest Pokemon collection, with over 13.000 pieces of Pokemon merch](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/8/2/3/227823.jpg?v=1)
![To demonstrate the flaws that still remain in airport security, independent researcher Evan Booth went through the TSA checkpoints and then weaponized](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/8/2/1/227821.jpg?v=1)
![CRACKED Con On April 12, 1964, U.S. chess champion Bobby Fischer played an exhibition match against 50 players at the Knickerbocker Hotel in Hollywood](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/8/1/7/227817.jpg?v=1)
![The Hara Model Railway Museum, in Japan, houses a 13,000 square feet exhibition with around 1,000 model trains 12 13 All of them collected -or built -](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/8/1/5/227815.jpg?v=1)
![Some geeks over at Westeroscraft.com are using Minecraft to build the world of A Game of Thrones. All of i t. The map is currently 35 gigabites in fil](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/8/1/1/227811.jpg?v=1)
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![This is a property owned by Mr. Vince Donovan in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He is such a huge fan of J.R.R. Tolkien's that he has had a Hobbit Hous](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/8/0/7/227807.jpg?v=1)
![Man builds $2,000,000 BATCAVE cinema Complete with a bat computer, secret passages and much more](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/8/0/5/227805.jpg?v=1)
![GRACKEDOG This is Lee Jaedong. He CONT is a professional Starcraft player Since 2007 he has currently signed to team Evil Geniuses. made $500,000 from](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/8/0/3/227803.jpg?v=1)
![British amateur actress and fan of the Lord of the Rings trilogy Kate Madison (left) spent six years and her entire life savings (E8000 and a further](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/8/0/1/227801.jpg?v=1)
![CRACKEDco ITFTT 1111111111 U TAET An artist from Iowa, Patrick Acton has single-handedly built a detailed replica of Hogwarts from 602,000 matchsticks](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/7/9/9/227799.jpg?v=1)
![ALICE FINCH SPENT AN ENTIRE YEAR BUILDING THIS FULL REPLICA OF THE HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF WITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY OUT OF LEGOS. SHE NOT ONLY BUILT THE EXT](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/7/7/9/227779.jpg?v=1)
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![81a1l Miniatur Wunderland (in Hamburg, Germany) is the largest model railway in the world built by the twins Gerrit and Frederik Braun. It consists of](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/7/9/5/227795.jpg?v=1)
![If you are A huge fan of Game of Thrones, this might be the ultimate collectible! A breeder in Oregon, Lois Schwarz, has started the Dire Wolf Proje](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/7/9/1/227791.jpg?v=1)
![AuraChannelerChris, a 21-year-old fan fiction writer from Arizona, has composed The Subspace Emissary's Worlds Conquest, fan fiction based a on Super](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/7/8/5/227785.jpg?v=1)
![20 German Star Wars fans have built a life-size replica of the TIE Fighter. PROECT The model is 4.30 meters high, 5.30 meters wide and has a length of](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/7/8/1/227781.jpg?v=1)
![Remember that early episode of The Simpsons where Homer designs a car for his brother Herb, but the car is So ugly and costly it ends up ruining Herb'](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/7/6/9/227769.jpg?v=1)
![aas Paul Mawhinney bought his first record in 1951 and has been collecting ever since. There are over million records, it's now 3 the largest collecti](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/7/7/3/227773.jpg?v=1)
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![The Planet Hunters project allows space geeks to analyze NASA public data at home, in search of new planets. So far, the participants were able to dis](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/7/7/7/227777.jpg?v=1)
![GANGDU Ralph E. Whittington Erotic Archivist 8 B, Appeintmeat Oaly PAMELA ANDENSON ANAL INTRUDER Ralph E. Whittington, a former curator at the LibraTY](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/8/3/9/227839.jpg?v=1)