I don’t even know my own cell phone number. :homer: But check out these feats of memorization.
Most digits of pi memorized
42,195 Hiroyuki Goto (Japan) 1995
Most digits memorized in one minute
162 Gunther Karsten (Germany) 2005
Most digits memorized in three seconds
50 Ramón Campayo (Spain) on 10 June 2005
Order of playing cards randomly shuffled
2808 cards (54 packs) Dominic O’Brien (Great Britain) 2002
[the contestant is allowed to view the cards once only!!]
Most rubiks cubes solved while blindfolded
four Stefan Pochmann (Germany) 1 Oct 2005
[The cube is shuffled by the referee and/or audience member and the contestant has unlimited time to study it before being blindfolded]
There are many memorizations books out there that teach you to make little stories to easily recall all the presidents, all the states in order, lists of words, whatever you like…I have used them to impress and entertain my students and learn lots of Chinese vocab.
It’s easy, but it takes lots of practice to keep it all fresh.
How long did they memorise them for? I had a friend who could look at a page from a book for about a minute and then recite it back to you. Apparently he could “see” it on the wall infront of him. Not sure how long that lasted but he used it to get into Cambridge.
Click on my link and find out. These are official, witnessed world records according to official rules that vary depending on the particular record. The site describes such requirements in case you’re ready to challenge any of them.
Click on my link and find out. These are official, witnessed world records according to official rules that vary depending on the particular record.[/quote]
Access denied…damn those work servers. Will try to remember to look at home.
