WOW: His father told the press that at the age of two, during a family gathering, Tao attempted to teach a 5-year-old child mathematics and English. According t

WOW: His father told the press that at the age of two, during a family gathering, Tao attempted to teach a 5-year-old child mathematics and English. According to Smithsonian Online Magazine, Tao taught himself basic arithmetic by the age of two. When asked by his father how he knew numbers and letters, he said he learned them from Sesame Street.[4] Aside from English, Tao speaks Cantonese, but does not write Chinese.