Radiolab (a podcast that any HN reader would love) did a piece once about a Russian who had perfect recall of his life and could also memorize endless lists of

Radiolab (a podcast that any HN reader would love) did a piece once about a Russian who had perfect recall of his life and could also memorize endless lists of numbers and Dante's Inferno in Italian (and didn't speak Italian). Unfortunately, he eventually went mad because his brain couldn't make sense of all the interconnections. The podcast in question : http://www.radiolab.org/2010/apr/05/limits-of-the-mind/ http://www.radiolab.org/2010/apr/05/limits-of-the-mind/