I heard a fascinating radio interview with this guy last weekend.  He's one of three or four people in the world who have been diagnosed with a condition (and I'm not sure if that's the right word—ability might be more appropriate) called "hyperthymesia," which means he can basically remember everything that has ever happened to him and anything significant that happened in the world on a particular date. 

The hosts of the radio show provided him with a few dates, and he got them all, including the Northridge Earthquake here in California (he's from Wisconsin), the attack on Nancy Kerrigan's knee, and the death of Princess Diana (which I can't remember specifically, but I remembered happened the weekend I moved into my final apartment in Berkeley).

Anyway, check it out.  The trailer includes footage from the guy's appearance on Jeopardy!, which he claimed in the radio interview I heard that he lost because of obscure questions about snakes.  I guess not having memories of experiences with snakes would probably be a good thing in just about any other situation.

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