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[–] multicolorKnight@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

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

The lyrics to Spell it Out by The Lonely Island

[–] elephantium@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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 :\

[–] Zerlyna@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Pluto will always be a planet!!!

[–] elephantium@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

As with others, a couple of childhood telephone numbers, and 6 times 8, 48; 8 times, 8 Chevalier, helped me with multiplication tables. For some reason 🙃

[–] BlastboomStrice@mander.xyz 1 points 6 months ago

ι.ε.ε.σ.κ. (Greek letters)

It's the initials of some words from a class about home economics at school. I thought it would help me memorize them, but almost immediatly decided not to memorize them that way, because I feared that if I kept doing it for such unimportant things I'd soon fill up the space on my brain or at least it would become less effective of a memorizing mechanism over time.

Well, thought a bit too hard about not doing so I ended up remembering the initials. Until some time ago I think I event remembered the whole words.

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

"Officer Cupcake" the local D.A.R.E. cop that did the school lectures.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

A song from grade school: "Oh it's forty below in the winter, and it's twenty below in the fall, and it rises to zero in springtime, and we don't have no summer at all".

[–] just_ducky_in_NH@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

My locker combination in high-school. I’m 61 now and haven’t needed it for 43 years, so I can give it to you: 9-16-37

[–] ssm@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 6 months ago

The lyrics to Skibidi Biden

[–] viking@infosec.pub 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)
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[–] WR5@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

The words to "The going to bed book" by Sandra Boynton. I've read it to my son at night since the day he was born. It didn't take long until my wife and I no longer needed the book.

Also, all of the U.S. states in alphabetical order set to a tune. That came from some cassette tape that my mother used to play to us (she was a school teacher.)

[–] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

A B A C A B B

[–] AncientFutureNow@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

My parents now defunct landline number.

[–] Splenetic@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago

I still remember my landline number from when I was 4 and there were only 5 digits. It makes me feel extremely old.

[–] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago

The egg song, for the past 19 years. I always remember the lyrics and I don't know why.

Eggs! Get your eggs here! Fresh and white eggs are heeeeere!

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