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The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World is a book by Esquire editor A. J. Jacobs, published in 2004. [1]It recounts his experience of reading the entire Encyclopædia Britannica; all 32 volumes of the 2002 edition, extending to over 33,000 pages with some 44 million words.
On the Main Page of Wikipedia, there is a section which is called did you know (DYK). DYK is meant to showcase new articles as well as rebuilt articles (articles which have been expanded over five times their original size, essentially making them new, or articles completely lacking references which are then doubled in size plus the addition of ...
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Life As We Knew It is a young adult science fiction novel by American author Susan Beth Pfeffer, first published in 2006 by Harcourt Books. It is the first book in The Last Survivors series, followed by The Dead and the Gone. The book follows a teenage girl named Miranda and her family, who live in northeastern Pennsylvania and struggle to ...
For your first several reviews, you may want to exercise extra caution. Consider reviewing in topics with which you are familiar. Consider reviewing articles that have sources in your primary language(s). When you leave your review, add a comment explaining that you are a new reviewer and would like a second opinion.
Did you know... is a section you can see on the Main Page.Beginners should consult this Did You Know glossary if they don't understand any of the terms used. Beginners may like to start by looking at a summary of our many rules: this provides links to pages with more detailed explanations (which in turn may link to even more detailed pages).
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Debris fallout; Comment: ALT1 is arguably more interesting but similar to my recent DYK on Soviet atrocities committed against prisoners of war during World War II, so... Oh yeah, 2nd QPQ review for the backlog: Template:Did you know nominations/Western Kentucky University swim team hazing scandal
The psychologist and writer Robert Ornstein stated that the book "presented a blueprint of the human mental structure. [5] Psychology Today described Knowing How To Know as "A major psychological and cultural event of our time" [6] and the New York Times review commented that "One is immediately forced to use one's mind in a new way." [7]