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by DonHopkins 1544 days ago
>Many would argue that there is no point for kids to memorize the world map today.

Al Franken can draw the United States map from memory! (He claims it was for a bar bet.)

Al Franken and Tom Davis visit Late Night with David Letterman, 8/20/87. Al draws a map of all 48 contiguous states in under 2 minutes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn2ofGwDd4A