I've always wondered about that, because a few savants like Kim Peek are/were able to recall everything they read. "He could speed through a book in about an h

I've always wondered about that, because a few savants like Kim Peek are/were able to recall everything they read. "He could speed through a book in about an hour and remember almost everything he had read, memorizing vast amounts of information in subjects ranging from history and literature, geography and numbers to sports, music and dates. Peek read by scanning the left page with his left eye, then the right page with his right eye. According to an article in The Times newspaper, he could accurately recall the contents of at least 12,000 books."