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Wed Mar 15, 10:02 PM ET

SALEM, Va. - A high school student Tuesday recited 8,784 digits of Pi †™ ¢‚¬„¢¢‚¬Å¡‚¢†™‚¢‚¢¢¢‚¬Å¡‚¬¦‚¡¢‚¬Å¡‚¬†™‚¢‚¢¢¢¬…¡‚¬? the non-repeating and non-terminating decimal †™ ¢‚¬„¢¢‚¬Å¡‚¢†™‚¢‚¢¢¢‚¬Å¡‚¬¦‚¡¢‚¬Å¡‚¬†™‚¢‚¢¢¢¬…¡‚¬? likely placing him among the top Pi-reciters in the world.

Gaurav Rajav, 15, had hoped to recite 10,790 digits and set a new record in the United States and North America. But he remembered enough to potentially place third in national and North American Pi recitation and 12th in the world.

His ranking should be verified by the Pi World Ranking List within two months.

"I'm kind of disappointed, but I guess I did OK," said Gaurav, a junior at Salem High School.

But his mathematical feat won the praise of others, including the math and computer science teacher who got Gaurav interested in it.

"I'm still stunned," said Linda Gooding, one of three contest judges. She then joked, "That's a couple more than I can do."

Gaurav began memorizing Pi while a student in Gooding's class. Gooding holds the competition every year, and said she expected students to learn about 40 digits. Gaurav recited nearly 2,990 the first time.

Gaurav's parents promised him an Xbox 360 video game console if he had reached his goal. His father, Jogesh Rajav, jokingly offered to get him "an Xbox, but no game."

But Gaurav ultimately turned town his mother Seema's offer to buy him the game system anyway because of their deal.

He will try for the record again in May.

Damn..?

LoL...I'm not sure what to say about a kid who gets his kicks memorizing...Pi..? UBER DOOPER NERD 3000, maybe..? More power to him, but part of me just wants the kid to get laid already...

LOL.... damn, we gotta quit hangin out together so much... that was my first thought too at reading this. "The kid needs a good f*ck!"

Thats pretty funny about needing to get laid. Some people have a natural talent for stuff like that. I work with mentally retarded people and on of them is very good at stuff like that. He reads phone books and memorizes them. He can tell you almost any phone number that you ask for.

He definitely needs some sex...

LMFAO @ Ayhja's response.


very impressive feat tho.....

This kid needs a life for sure....come on...how is this gonna help you in the future!

I say with a talent like that, he is destined for a life of crime...Remembering your credit card number, for example...

oh...good point Ty. Think of how many credit cards that is if he can memorize over 8,000 digits.

That would be 549 cards exactly if he can memorize 8,784 digits. Damn....that's a lot of fraud

Kid would make a killing in LV. lol

No doubt the kid needs to get laid, but that's still pretty impressive. Shit, I can't even remember my Social Insurance Number... lol