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

Finished this book by A.J. Jacobs last night.  It took me a while to get through, but it was really good - I laughed out loud almost every page.  The book is about Jacob's reading through the entire Encyclopaedia Britannica.

EB facts: 33,000 pages, 65,000 articles, 9,500 contributors, 24,000 images, 44 million words!

I would highly suggest reading it. 

"I know that everything is connected like a worldwide version of the six-degrees-of-separation game.  I know that history is simultaneously a bloody mess and a collections of feats so inspiring and amazing they make you proud to share the same DNA structure with the rest of humanity.  I know you'd better focus on the good stuff ot your screwed.  I know that the race does not go to the swift, nor the bread to the wise, so you should soak up what enjoyment you can.  I know not to take cinnamon for granted.  I know that morality lies in even the smallest decisions, like whether to pick up and throw away a napkin.  I know that an erythrocyte is a red blood cell, not serum.  I know firsthand the oceanic volume of information in the world..."