I've gotten pretty far in my life, and as far as I can tell I've never, ever, ever had to remember the capitals of the 50 states.

都这么多年了，我还记得我从来没有，需要住50个州的首府的时候。

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I can't even remember how many million people live there, but

我甚至不记得那儿住了好几百万人，但

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I bet there are people in this room who know the lyrics to over 1,000 songs, NBA know the number of every individual in the National Basketball Association, so I think that learning some subset of elements is not unreasonable.

我敢打赌这个房间里有那么些人,他们能记得住超过1000首歌的歌词，记得住,每个人的号码，因此我认为,能记住这些元素也不是不可能的。

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