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Re:What You Get When 30 People Draw a World Map From Memory by malloreon on Wednesday January 08, 2014 @09:18PM (#7028334)
And here's what you get when Senator Al Franken draws the United states from memory.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0-FYyuvrRk (sped up)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDZmDGRk1k0 (real time with commentary)

Re:What You Get When 30 People Draw a World Map From Memory by dmix on Wednesday January 08, 2014 @11:48PM (#7028830)
And here's what you get when Congressmen Hank Johnson asks if an island, Guam, will capsize and tip over if overly populated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cesSRfXqS1Q

Re:What You Get When 30 People Draw a World Map From Memory by sachingulaya on Thursday January 09, 2014 @01:04AM (#7029059)
He suffers from hepatic encephalopathy secondary to hepatitic C infection.
Re:What You Get When 30 People Draw a World Map From Memory by x0054 on Thursday January 09, 2014 @12:21AM (#7028923)
The worst part is, that man is still a congressmen! 3 years later!
Re:What You Get When 30 People Draw a World Map From Memory by Kiro on Thursday January 09, 2014 @03:24AM (#7029395)
He was clearly joking.
Re:What You Get When 30 People Draw a World Map From Memory by mytrash on Wednesday January 08, 2014 @10:28PM (#7028570)
That is impressive. I feel like i need an overlay of the US to see where and how much he deviates. But what projection [0] to compare to.

[0] http://xkcd.com/977/

Re:What You Get When 30 People Draw a World Map From Memory by Claudus on Wednesday January 08, 2014 @11:54PM (#7028840)
That appears to be something he'd rehearsed in advance.
Re:What You Get When 30 People Draw a World Map From Memory by thearn4 on Wednesday January 08, 2014 @09:29PM (#7028388)
Wow, that's pretty impressive!

I've always liked geography, but definitely lack the photographic memory for something like this.