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Willem Klein

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Dutch mental calculator (1912-1986)

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Willem Klein, also known as Wim Klein or under his stage names Pascal and Willy Wortel, was a Dutch mental calculator, famous for ability to perform very complicated calculations in his head very fast. On 27 August 1976, he calculated the 73rd root of a 500-digit number in 2 minutes and 43 seconds.

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Willem Klein, also known as Wim Klein or under his stage names Pascal and Willy Wortel, was a Dutch mental calculator, famous for ability to perform very complicated calculations in his head very fast. On 27 August 1976, he calculated the 73rd root of a 500-digit number in 2 minutes and 43 seconds. This feat was recorded by the Guinness Book of Records.

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Lived 1912 to 1986 · aged 73
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