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What are some useful or just cool stuff to memorize? (lemmy.ml)

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I just learned the mind palace technique to memorize stuff and wanna put it to use.

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[-] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

So are you telling me that the inventors of the mile were using the golden ratio?

[-] Maya@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

We wish they were that cool, the inventors of the modern mile were more concerned about land measurements. A square mile is 640 acres. Which neatly can be cut into quarters 3 times. 160, 40, 10.

[-] arthur@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

Just a neat coincidence

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