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Monday, January 27, 2014

Kim Peek could read two pages at once - one page with each eye

And he could remember everything he read on each page.  It is said that he read over 12,000 books and could recall every word in every book he read.  Peek was the inspiration for the movie Rain Man.

Kim Peek could read two pages at once - one page with each eye

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