Wiltshire has the uncanny ability to draw and paint detailed landscapes and cityscapes entirely from memory.
Wiltshire can look at the subject of his drawing once and reproduce it accurately with photographic detail, down to the exact number of columns or windows on a building. He memorizes their shapes, locations and the architectural flourishes, and will do so with New York City after a brief helicopter ride.
Also have to comment on this. Most autistic people I find are very adept at one thing and most of them have extremely good memory. In his case, this one thing is drawing. I work with kids who are diagnosed with a disability within the Autism Spectrum Disorder, and I will say, a lot of them amaze me with what they can do and how well they can do them.
Rain Man is a VERY accurate description of someone who has Autism, and is one of my favourite movies of all time.
Wiltshire has the uncanny ability to draw and paint detailed landscapes and cityscapes entirely from memory.
Wiltshire can look at the subject of his drawing once and reproduce it accurately with photographic detail, down to the exact number of columns or windows on a building. He memorizes their shapes, locations and the architectural flourishes, and will do so with New York City after a brief helicopter ride.
* The book is over one billion words long.
* The book is bound in 5,000 300 page volumes.
* The book fits into a cell nucleus the size of a pinpoint.
* A copy of the book (all 5000 volumes) is contained in every cell (except red blood cells) as a strand of DNA over two miles in length.
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I have seen the term FATA used on countless other messageboards, where most people attribute it to meaning "from another thread already" or a variation thereof. However, it makes me smile to know where and when it was originally conceived, and to see how it has spread.
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I have seen the term FATA used on countless other messageboards, where most people attribute it to meaning "from another thread already" or a variation thereof. However, it makes me smile to know where and when it was originally conceived, and to see how it has spread.
I only frequent a few message boards but have never seen that. Can you point me to some? It would be pretty cool if a CP meme actually made it into the general consciousness of the internet.
