I remember one of my last shows, the Final Jeopardy! clue was something like 'These two boys' names … - Ken Jennings

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The Universe has a plan to make sure we don't ever stop learning, not only in our minds, but also in our hearts.

Ken Jennings

I remember one of my last shows, the Final Jeopardy! clue was something like 'These two boys' names are top 10 boys' names in the U. S. , they both end with the same letter, and they're both names of Jesus' apostles. ' Now, obviously that's not a knowable fact.

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Arthur Jay Klinghoffer, a professor of political science at Rutgers University, has argued that geography seems less relevant than ever in a world where nonstate actors -- malleable entities like ethnicities, for example -- are as powerful and important as the ones with governments and borders. Where on a map can you point to al-Qaeda? Or Google, or Wal-Mart? Everywhere and nowhere.

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Eratosthenes, the mapmaker who was the first man to accurately measure the size of the Earth, was a librarian.

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When you make a decision, you need facts. If those facts are in your brain, they're at your fingertips. If they're all in Google somewhere, you may not make the right decision on the spur of the moment.

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I always bring my kids vacation souvenirs printed in Comic Sans, so they know I love them but not unconditionally.

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People are using GPS systems to find millions of little hidden objects throughout the world - often as simple as a piece of Tupperware hidden in the woods. You go to a website, you get the latitude and longitude to get the specific location of a certain specific hiding space, and then you go there and see if you can find it.

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