But that's NOT why I know the answer. I bugged a neuropsychologist for a while and begged to know how they were similar--because I was going nuts not knowing how they were similar. Nothing made sense to me. And it was driving me crazy. The neuropsych finally took pity on me and gave me the answer. I was incredibly grateful.


I have this strange capacity for remembering odd details, meaningless trivia, strange facts. For example, water weighs 8.33 pounds per gallon. I don't know if there's a difference in the weight of a gallon of salt water. It would be fun to know that. In school, I was the one bound to remember the weird rules about things. I could recite all the strange factual scenario details from a given hypothetical problem. So it bugs me when I can't remember the speed of light (I know it now) or who wrote a certain piece of literature. I also know what a certain scientist is famous for and what that scientist died of (but the latter part wasn't part of the test--just something I threw in as a bonus).

I need a life.