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In which edition of the Guinness Book of World Records did Shakuntala Devi find a place?

  • 1982 edition

  • 1985 edition

  • 1990 edition

  • 1995 edition

Answer

Shakuntala Devi was an Indian mental calculator who found a place in the Guinness Book of World Records in the 1982 edition for calculating the 23rd root of a 201-digit number mentally within 28 seconds. She was also known as the "Human Computer".
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