The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World

33,000 pages 44 million words 10 billion years of history 1 obsessed man Part memoir and part education (or lack thereof), The Know-It-All chronicles NPR contributor A.J. Jacobs's hilarious, enlightening, and seemingly impossible quest to read the Encyclopaedia Britannica from A to Z. To fill the ever-widening gaps in his Ivy League education, A.J. Jacobs sets for himself the daunting task of reading all thirty-two volumes of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. His wife, Julie, tells him it's a wast...

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alexey_m_ukolov2 июля 2017 г.
vinaigrette
In the 18th century, everyone smelled like salad. A vinaigrette—which was used to battle body odor—was a small gold container with a sponge soaked in vinegar and lavender.
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alexey_m_ukolov2 июля 2017 г.
René Descartes walks into a bar. The bartender says, ‘Yo, René, how you doing? Can I get you a beer?’ ‘I think not,’ replies Descartes. And then he disappears.
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JackieReed4728 октября 2014 г.
Американский просветитель Гораций Манн писал: «Если ты не сделал чего-нибудь во имя человечества — тебе должно быть стыдно умирать».
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