Japanese recites 83 431 places of Pi from memory
Akira Haraguchi, 59, managed to recite the number’s first 83,431 decimal places, almost doubling the previous record held by another Japanese.
He had to stop three hours into his recital after losing his place, and had to start from the beginning…
Hats off to Mr. Haraguchi – I am ashamed to admit that I couldn’t even remember to take my company ID card to work with me twice last week, which meant I had to get my boss to sign a correction sheet for the time-keeping system, which works using the card.