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Like a big piece of pi, that's amore

04 July 2005

BBC News: Japanese breaks pi memory record: A Japanese man has set a world record by reciting pi to 83,431 places from memory. More impressive than his memory is his determination: he had to start again after three hours because he lost his place, and this record follows an attempt last year that came to an abrupt halt when the building he was in closed for the night.