{"id":40131,"date":"2022-07-29T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=40131"},"modified":"2022-07-28T12:20:09","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T19:20:09","slug":"a-j-jacobs-author","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/a-j-jacobs-author\/","title":{"rendered":"A.J. Jacobs, Author"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_70483\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/75EoXKlD3Y0?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Embed Player\" src=\"\/\/play.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/23890854\/height\/128\/theme\/modern\/size\/standard\/thumbnail\/yes\/custom-color\/5dad54\/time-start\/00:00:00\/hide-playlist\/yes\/download\/yes\" height=\"128\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" oallowfullscreen=\"true\" msallowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border: none;\" class=\"ui-droppable\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ajjacobs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A.J. Jacobs<\/a> is an author, journalist, lecturer and human guinea pig. He has written four New York Times bestsellers that combine memoir, science, humor and a dash of self-help. Among his books are The Year of Living Biblically and The Know-It-All. He has given several TED talks that have amassed over 10 million views. His latest book is \u201cThe Puzzler,\u201d which Booklist called \u201cridiculously entertaining,\u201d and The New York Times called \u201cA romp, both fun and funny.\u201d He was the answer to 1 Down in the March 8, 2014 New York Times crossword puzzle. 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