Isn't It a Shame?

I was going to write a post about how impressed I was after hearing of an Australian man who was able to repeat, without error, the value of pi to 4400 digits. It took him more than 2 hours to recite....how INSANE is that!? I can't even remember my own phone number most of the time! Apparently he "learned" the numbers in less than a week....I'd love to know what his technique was!

But then...

I found THIS article...apparently 4400 is nowhere even remotely close to the record. A japanese person recited pi to....83,431 digits. Now that is TRULY mind boggling.