September 22
1990:
Steven Woodmore sets a new (though not uncontroversial) world record in
speed talking. On the British TV show Motor Mouth he recites a piece
of the “to be or not to be” soliloquy from Shakespeare’s Hamlet in
56,01 seconds, yielding an average rate of 637,4 words per minute.
Steven Woodmore in action:
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