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Mark Twain apprenticed as a Mississippi river-boat pilot, and was astonished to find a pilot was expected to memorize the entire river; every turn, every bank, every sunken, invisible danger.

Then he found ship's pilot were expected to recognize any part of the river instantly.

Then he found the river was totaly diferent, going upstream than from going down. He had to memorize 2 mississipis.

Then he found he was expected to know it by night with a diferent set of landmarks and dangers than the day time.
That added another 2 mississippis.

Interestingly, he did it.
That surprised him too.

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