Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

Kudos to Karl

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First Karl Fisch, original creator of Did You Know?, gets profiled in the Rocky Mountain News. Then he gets mentioned on the CNN Saturday Morning show (at the end). Oh, and there’s the national award he received this week. Woohoo!

What’s next, Karl? The New York Times? Or Boing Boing?

Congrats (and sorry I outed you)!

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Charles bridge in prague, czech republic.

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A black and white photo of a man with his hand on his head.

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