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Google opened its website Knol to the public on Wednesday, allowing people to write about their areas of expertise under their bylines in a twist on encyclopedia Wikipedia, which allows anonymity.

1. Technically, the prize awarded in Economics is not a Nobel Prize, as it was not specified in Alfred Nobel’s will. It has been nicknamed the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, and is selected by the same committee that selects the physics and chemistry prizes, but has only been awarded since 1969. It is award in memory of Alfred Nobel.

2. Nomination records are sealed for fifty years, and except for “leaks” in the process, the nominees are not publicly acknowledged. Agents and publicists will often tout a person’s nomination, but until the records are unsealed fifty years later, there is no way to confirm or deny this.