On Sep 18, 2019, at 10:16 PM, Jon Bell jb@lot23.com wrote:
Share a number. Any number.
1,492,191,857,994,455,512,121,812
A high school teacher put that number on the board and told us we had 30 seconds to memorize it. Then she erased it and at the end of class, we had to write it down as we remembered it.
I honestly don't recall if I wrote it correctly then or not, but after she broke it down for us at the end, I've never forgotten it. She removed the commas then grouped the numbers...
1492 - Columbus lands in America 1918 - WWI ended 57 - Heinz 57 advertising slogan 9944 - Ivory Soap advertising (99.44% pure) 5551212 - Directory assistance phone 1812 - The war of 1812
The object of the lesson was on improving retention and memorization skills. It certainly worked for me, at least with that number, as I still recall it decades later.
-rob. /~robg