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[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

In Australia there is a reading and writing hotline to help you lean English.

I don't live there but I still remember the number. 1300 655 506

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[-] inlandempire@jlai.lu 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

1€ is 6,55957 french francs

It was not even useful in 2000 to 2005 when people needed to calculate the conversion, because I was just a kid, but my mom made me remember this for some reason

[-] kamiheku@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

Same, but 5,94573 Finnish marks!

[-] Servais@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 months ago
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[-] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 4 points 2 months ago

macbeth soliloquy and a poem I was required to memorize in high school which I managed to do even though it took extreme effort because of the way my memory works. similarly because of the strange way my memory works I basically know them 30 or 40 years later now but it can take a little time for me to get them going. I actually have pulled out the soliloquy a few times in internet comments so not totally useless.

[-] sexual_tomato@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago

Ah see I have the opposite problem. I memorized the whole thing in 30 minutes but I didn't know it the next day.

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[-] Corno@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

I vibe most with wavelengths of 490 to 500 nanometers, but right now I'm feeling a little magenta.

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

My dads phone number. My childhood friends phone number. Both are useless because they haven't been in service in 20 years.

[-] RandomVideos@programming.dev 4 points 2 months ago

In old versions of minecraft java edition, if you punch something while running, you wont lose hunger from it

[-] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

The first ten digits of pi rounded up 3.141592654 seemed a lot more useful during undergrad.

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[-] Modva@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

My student number from many years ago. My last 2 credit card numbers. Have some digits of pi memorized, useless to daily life.

[-] pdxfed@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago
[-] CouncilOfFriends@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

After learning the phonetic alphabet I thought it would help when I'm spelling out my last name to people to say 'let me spell it out phonetically'. Most of the time I get a blank stare and then they have me repeat each letter, many of which sound similar.

[-] elephantium@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto.

I was kind of a space cadet, so I never learned the planets by mnemonic, just by remembering their names.

Now Pluto's been demoted (but not in my heart 💔), and I never actually need to refer to my list of planets anyway :\

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[-] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

In 6th grade we could get some bonus point on our final exam for knowing how to spell pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (which isn't actually that hard to spell, just long) and I've never forgotten how.

[-] multicolorKnight@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Area codes. Given most of the original US/Canada area codes, I can tell you where it is.

[-] uhmbah@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

One dull day, in the middle of the night, Two dead boys got up to fight. Back to back they faced each other, drew their swords and shot each other. A deaf policeman heard the noise and went and shot those two dead boys. If you don't believe my lie is true, ask the blind man, he saw it too.

[-] pocopene@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

A A Am Ae Ae A Ae Ae As Arum Is Is

And also Sum es est sumus estis sunt

I studied it in highschool and have a degree in science.

[-] thouartfrugal@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago
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[-] WHARRGARBL@beehaw.org 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Ladies and gentlemen,

Hobos and tramps,

Crosseyed mosquitoes

And bowlegged ants:

I come before you to stand behind you

To tell you something I know nothing about.

The price is free, so pay at the door.

There are plenty of seats, so sit on the floor.

One bright morning in the middle of the night

Two dead boys got into a fight.

Back to back they faced each other,

Took out their swords and shot one another.

A deaf policeman heard the noise

And came and killed the two dead boys.

If you don’t believe me, ask the blind man;

He saw everything.

Memorized while bored in elementary school

[-] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago

The lyrics to Spell it Out by The Lonely Island

[-] MrLLM@ani.social 2 points 2 months ago

And they ask you how are you, and you just have to say that you’re fine when you’re not really fine, but you just can’t get into it because they would never understand.

I’m still waiting for an appropriate moment to say it aloud.

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