59-year-old Akira Haraguchi of Japan recently broke the world record for the recited number of digits of Pi. Haraguchi-san recited an amazing 83,431 digits of Pi during a 13-hour overnight stretch. See The PI World Ranking List for more records for memorizing PI, e and the sqare root of two while or while not juggling.
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A bore is a man who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company.
— Gian Vincenzo Gravina
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