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10-year-old British boy sets world record by memorising 280 digits of Pi in one minute
1 week, 6 days ago

10-year-old British boy sets world record by memorising 280 digits of Pi in one minute

Hindustan Times  

A 10-year-old boy from Bristol, Alberto Davila Aragon, has set a new world record for recalling the most decimal places of Pi in just one minute. A school competition led a 10-year-old from Bristol to memorise 280 digits of Pi, breaking a world record. A school competition sparks an obsession Aragon’s fascination with Pi began in March 2024 when his …

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Indian student wins memory championship, recalls 80 digits in 13.50 seconds
1 month, 1 week ago

Indian student wins memory championship, recalls 80 digits in 13.50 seconds

India Today  

A 20-year-old Indian student has made headlines by winning the Memory League World Championship, an intense online competition where participants compete in rapid memorisation challenges. Vishvaa Rajakumar, a student at Manakula Vinayagar Institute of Technology in Puducherry, stunned competitors by memorising 80 random digits in just 13.50 seconds. WHAT IS THIS MEMORY CHALLENGE Memory League World Championship tests participants in …

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'Psychotic' woman called out for stalking her husband for two years before they met and memorising his routine and favourite items: 'I knew it was love at first sight'
1 year, 6 months ago

'Psychotic' woman called out for stalking her husband for two years before they met and memorising his routine and favourite items: 'I knew it was love at first sight'

Daily Mail  

A woman was called out for her 'insane' stalker act to land her husband A woman has been labelled 'psychotic' and 'manipulative' for stalking her husband for two years before officially 'meeting' him and then tailoring her personality to suit his likes and dislikes for over ten years. Lauren*, 24, first saw her future husband, Tom*, when she was 14 …

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Dawoodi Bohras take up challenge of memorising Quran
2 years ago

Dawoodi Bohras take up challenge of memorising Quran

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The Dawoodi Bohra community has institutionalised a practice that its spiritual leader Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin has often expressed a desire for: ‘Hifz Quran’ or a memorisation of the Quran by as many community members as possible. Nine-year-old Taiyeb Gandhi, the youngest student of Mahad al-Zahra, a Quranic Institute, took four years to memorise the Quran. Nine-year-old Taiyeb Gandhi, the …

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Man steals credit card info of 1,300 people by memorising it
5 years, 6 months ago

Man steals credit card info of 1,300 people by memorising it

The Quint  

Tokyo, Sep 9 At a time when data breaches have become common, a clerk in Japan stole credit card information by just looking at and memorising the details of over 1,300 customers. Whenever a customer would pay by credit card, the suspect allegedly memorised their 16-digit-number, name, expiry date, and security code, all in the time it took to process …

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Why memorising poetry still matters for human connection: Done right, the classroom habit has several benefits
5 years, 7 months ago

Why memorising poetry still matters for human connection: Done right, the classroom habit has several benefits

Firstpost  

Done right, memorising poetry is an intellectual exercise that illuminates the structure and logic of the text. Understanding our own sentiments through someone else’s words can also provide a thrilling sense of connection, of shared humanity across time and space. Here are two lines from that poem: And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain Thrilled me–filled me …

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Memorising footage shows the strange 'fat inkeeper worm'
7 years, 1 month ago

Memorising footage shows the strange 'fat inkeeper worm'

Daily Mail  

Mesmerising footage has emerged of strange slimy 'penis-fish' worms pulsating. Also known as 'fat innkeeper worms', these phallic-looking creatures 'are soft and passive, and feel like a well-cooked sausage', according to the researcher who found them. These strange and wonderful worms are 'rather soft and passive, and feel like a well-cooked sausage', according to the researcher who found them Known …

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The ‘Sanskrit effect’ and how rigorous memorising helps the memory
7 years, 2 months ago

The ‘Sanskrit effect’ and how rigorous memorising helps the memory

The Hindu  

Considerable excitement has been triggered through email and social media across India due to a recent “observation” reported by one Dr James Hartzell in the journal Scientific American. This neuroscientist has coined the term “The Sanskrit effect.” He writes that memorising Vedic mantras increases the size of brain regions associated with cognitive function such as memory. The so called grey …

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Kerala: Woman enters Guiness Book for 45-object memory
7 years, 3 months ago

Kerala: Woman enters Guiness Book for 45-object memory

Deccan Chronicle  

Kollam: A young mother's phenomenal memory has helped her enter the Guinness Book of World Records. Santhi Sathyan, 28, of Paravila Puthen Veedu, Pulluvana, Kadakkal here, has bagged the world record for memorising the longest sequence of 45 objects in one minute and has become the first Keralite to win the title. My husband identified my capability and taught me …

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ISIS offer a Yazidi sex slave as a PRIZE for memorising the Koran
9 years, 9 months ago

ISIS offer a Yazidi sex slave as a PRIZE for memorising the Koran

Daily Mail  

The competition advert is believed to have come from the Syrian province of Hasakah Fourth and fifth prizes are advertised as a cash rewards for recalling The barbarous jihadis of the so-called Islamic State have reportedly held a Koran memorizing competition in which the top prizes include a Yazidi sex slave. The photograph of an ISIS advert, believed to come …

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From Darwin to Dickens, how history's biggest thinkers spent their days
10 years, 11 months ago

From Darwin to Dickens, how history's biggest thinkers spent their days

Daily Mail  

Memorising the Bible and drinking 50 cups of coffee a day: From Darwin to Dickens, how history's biggest thinkers spent their days What makes a genius a genius? After a day of quiet contemplation, he would buckle down to work from late evening until the early hours of the morning This was Beethoven's routine for at least five years of …

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