Originally Posted by ginger234
He also prefers to watch shows that are knowledge-based--Mythbusters, Beakman's World, Animal Planet/Nova/NatGeo shows.
My brother (definitely gifted) used to read encyclopedias back in the 80s. Any ideas on this?

DS10 also watches those kind of shows pretty much exclusively. Mythbusters, Through the Wormhole, Stormchasers, SciFi Science, How It's Made.

Other non-fic books he liked when he was younger: Guiness Book of World Records, Ripley's Believe it or not and his very tattered Optical Illusions book.