What is something totally useless that you still have memorized?

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WhiteSteve · Accepted Answer

One is Wooderson’s rundown of the specs on his muscle car, which is funny because I don’t know much about cars at all, some I’m just saying words while only vaguely understanding the meaning. But I’ve dressed as him for Halloween several times, so I made a point to learn his whole spiel…

https://www.youtube.com/embed/3d-OVlIYpuQ

The other one, and probably even more useless, is I have the nonsense poem “Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll memorized, including punctuation. My 5th grade teacher had an annual thing he did with his class where we’d receive a copy of Jabberwocky, probably around the beginning of the fourth quarter. Then, a few weeks later, maybe in like mid-April, everyday at the end of the day, we’d get a chance to write it down by hand, with ZERO mistakes, and whenever you did it, that student would not have homework for the rest of the school year. So you KNOW I one-take’d it, never studied so hard in my life😂

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42916/jabberwocky

MrOracle · Accepted Answer

The complete lyrics to a number of 80s and 90s rap songs. The Humpty Dance is my go-to song if forced to do Karaoke, for example.

Alright, stop whatcha doin'

'cause I'm about to ruin

the image and the style

that you're used to.

I look funny,

but, yo, I'm makin' money, see

So, yo, world

I hope you're ready for me.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

1. (Sings the Quadratic Formula to the tune of "Pop Goes the Weasel") X equals negative B, plus or minus the square root, of b squared minus 4 A C, all over 2 A!

2. The welcome speech I gave in 3 different languages at the museum where I used to work

3. The intro safety speech I gave at my summer volunteer job that I had to repeat twice an hour for an entire summer

4. Various portions of "Hamlet," "Romeo and Juliet," and "The Gettysburg Address" which I had to memorize for Speech class in high school.

sage2021 · Accepted Answer

The Preamble.

You know...
We, the people of the United States, in order to form a perfect union...

I had to memorize and say the Pream Le in front of the entire class with my 6th grade in the front row watching me.
I was so scared of that old witch!

OlderAndWiser · Answer

I can recite the Pledge of Allegiance in Latin. I learned it in 1970. Can you top that for useless?

JustinTheGreat · Answer

the ‘Ghosts’ dance from the Michael Jackson experience wii game

Lliam · Answer

Our home phone number from when I was a kid. It was just a seven digit number. There were no area codes. Originally, it began with TO6, which translated into 866. And TO was the abbreviation for Tory. So you would say your number was Tory 6-xxxx.

Nik1hil · Answer

"Mitochondria is powerhouse of the cell"..

When in reality, mitochondria is not even a part of cell!.. It's a different bacteria.. It is a different organism in itself.

Mitochondria has its own DNA/RNA. It is not even part of our body!..

RingOfFire · Answer

My dog's full name when I was a child.

Rip Van Winkle Fishdish Funnybone DummyDerrick Pipsqueek PatroshPatrash YellowBelly SapSucker Sessarole Tuxedo Hip Dominica Sinica Honica Jacque DaBumbaLiah Ho

Rip for short. 😀

Had him since birth and he died when I was 12. Maybe not useless because it makes me think of how much I loved that animal. I still miss him to this day.

abc3643 · Answer

I wouldn't say it's totally useless, but I know how to manually compute a square root by hand.

I think they stopped teaching that in schools years ago, but I learned how to do that before calculators became commonplace and cheap.

Nikki1989 · Answer

I am a walking encyclopedia when it comes to music and music history. I just never forget anything.

AviatorTom · Answer

In high school, for English class, we were studying Greek epics, and I memorized the first few lines of The Iliad... in Ancient Greek. I can still recite the Greek. Not very useful.

Unit1 · Answer

Parts of German poems. The public school forced us to memorize these and recite them as if it is song lyrics. Herr von Ribbeck auf Ribbeck im Havelland.

I rather get a F (6 in Germany) than memorize this useless shit.

IslaTheWitch · Answer

In my home country, when I was a kid, I had to memorize a lot of poems... I still remember them :/

NamerOfStars · Answer

"Tceles B Hsup", the hidden "magic spell" from Final Fantasy. Actually quite useful in-game, but beyond that...

jennifer_bloom · Answer

I remember the fake password I gave a friend when's she asked me for my middle school student number.

dolemite58 · Answer

i had a statistics professor that said if you don’t remember anything else from this class remember this if you increase the sample size of the study the more accurate the average values will be and i still remember it 😂

exitseven · Answer

I still remember the Windows XP installation code from one of my former places of employment. Nobody uses XP anymore.

7Phoenix7 · Answer

The Folgers coffee slogan and my childhood house phone number

Anonymous · Answer

I pledge allegiance to the flag of United States of America And to the republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all

dynamicyandere · Answer

My 14-digit library card number from middle school that I no longer have or use. 😂

docster · Answer

On a good day I can recite the full VINs (17 digits) of all five cars I've ever owned.

tfan1 · Answer

The last names of all US Presidents sung to the tune of Yankee Doodle that I was taught by my teacher in 5-6 grade

LiamJHayden · Answer

My first dialog from Spanish class in 7th grade. I do not know Susana so I do not care that she is at home with a friend in the kitchen.

loveslongnails · Answer

I know a lot of one-hit wonders in rock and pop. Totally useless information.

Anonymous · Answer

My school GR number.. I still remember it even it's useless now.

Anonymous · Answer

State capitals (I mean, I can just Google them if I ever really need to know them)

Alex8736 · Answer

I know it's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open and also it's impossible to lick your elbow

Minahh · Answer

Pythagorean theorem.. oh wait I actually don't remember it

NathanDavis · Answer

the first 69 decimals of pi...

LaFemmeFatale_1 · Answer

Birthdays of almost everyone I have known.

andreasderjuengere · Answer

the name of my ex wife

236color · Answer

My father's serial number from the Navy.

snowboarder720 · Answer

The quadratic formula.

slatyb · Answer

Lyrics to thousands of songs

Andres77 · Answer

There are 231 cubic inches in a gallon.

ChiTown33 · Answer

The 1st preceptor from the DeMolay ritual.

jahaims · Answer

Childhood friends landline phone numbers

BLP11520 · Answer

Football and baseball records.

Slim57 · Answer

Probably 90% of what I think about daily

notfoundtoday · Answer

Photosynthesis

JackBlackHeartAttack · Answer

Many songs

Charliefretz329 · Answer

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