Kim Peek (11 November 1951 – 19 December 2009) was an American prodigious savant known as a megasavant. a genius in about 15 different subjects, from history and literature and geography to numbers, sports, music and dates.
By the time of his death he had committed more than 9,000 books to memory and Nasa made him the subject of MRI-based research, hoping that technology used to study the effects of space travel on the brain would help explain his mental capabilities.

He had a photographic or eidetic memory, but also social developmental disabilities, possibly resulting from congenital brain abnormalities. He was the inspiration for the character of Raymond Babbitt, played by Dustin Hoffman, in the movie Rain Man. He was not autistic and likely had FG syndrome.

I like the story of when he was at the theatre watching a Shakespear play (cannot remember which one) and he stood up and told the actor he had misquoted a word, the actor replied no one would of known, Kim Peek replied Shakespear would

Love the angle of this story in The Root.

Quoted: To all you little boys and girls out there who want to be famous, today’s lesson is about a great man named Tiger Woods who once had to apologize to the world for his “transgressions.”

Quoted: And then, if you are a not a Yankees fan, you will want to throw up. If you are not a Yankees fan, you are left hoping that next year the randomness of a short playoff series will get the Yankees and allow some other team to win so we can celebrate the hope of Opening Day. And that’s baseball.

I know the city has bigger problems than HS sports. I guess this article illustrates those too, though.

Quoted: Two years ago, the Detroit Public School League basked in the glory of Detroit King's state football championship. Much has changed since then -- for the worse.

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wow...best indeed!

Quoted: Jared Zabransky would be proud.

Interesting, quite a bit of merit to this article. Maybe I should ditch the shoes and start running in my sandals.

Quoted: Then there's the secretive Tarahumara tribe, the best long-distance runners in the world. These are a people who live in basic conditions in Mexico, often in caves without running water, and run with only strips of old tyre or leather thongs strapped to the bottom of their feet. They are virtually barefoot. Come race day, the Tarahumara don't train. They don't stretch or warm up. They just stroll to the starting line, laughing and bantering, and then go for it, ultra-running for two full days, sometimes covering over 300 miles, non-stop. For the fun of it. One of them recently came first in a prestigious 100-mile race wearing nothing but a toga and sandals. He was 57 years old.

NNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO~

Quoted: Baseball Playbyplay: Final statistics from the Japan vs. Korea game played on March 23, 2009

Must see. I've ridden this route on motorocycle too many times to count. Beautiful.

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sweet video. very intense + symbolic

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Useful. Must show to Dad.

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