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Andi Bell at WMC 2006

Andi Bell (born 1972) is a three-time winner of the World Memory Championships. He used a method similar to method of loci. [1]

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References

  1. "The amazing memory man". BBC News. 30 September 2003. Retrieved 14 September 2009.