[llevrok]

He most likely is a voracious reader when he isn’t studying the odds on his bets.

When asked on the interview portion of the show how he prepared, he said he went to the children's encyclopedia section of the library. The books gave the simple facts with out tons of elaboration to clog his mind.

[Chickensoup]

I was a nerd child who read the children’s Encylopedia Brittanica for fun. And the World Book. And the Popular Mechanics Encyclopedia.

I know a little bit about a lot.