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

2005, A.J. Jacobs

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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.

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