In 1995, Hiroyoki Gotu memorized 42,195 places of pi and is considered the current pi champion. (EDIT: Thank you to Prof. Diesl for pointing out that as of 2005 the current champion is Chao Lu, who memorized 67,890 digits of pi!)
Some scholars speculate that Japanese is better suited than other languages for memorizing sequences of numbers. What do you think? Do you speak any languages you think make it easier to memorize sequences of numbers?
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