What to memorize?

1. Language
1. Greetings, "thank you," and, "you're welcome" 
2. Hirangana (more cursive than the angular katakana) is taught first to Japanese children
3. Sign language
2. Geography
1. Capitals (US & the video) 
• *
2. African countries
3. Math
1. Quadratic formula 
2. Fundamental Theorem
4. Music
1. Guitar
2. Piano
3. We Didn't Start the Fire Billy Joel 
1. Video
1. One
2. Two
3. Three
4. Four
5. Five
2. History
5. Other
1. Logical fallacies
2. Theses
3. DDS (for nonfiction)
• mnemonic
4. Chess moves
1. Openings
2. Strategies
• 2 Minute Chess Strategy: The Center
5. Doomsday rule
• http://rudy.ca/doomsday.html
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_rule
6. *
• Presidents 
• Song
• .gov

What not to

1. Events
1. Birthdays
• Sync Google Calendar to Facebook friend's birthdays
2. Near useless
1. Phonetic alphabet
• unless you're paranoid about implying what you're thinking about when clarifying letters to someone else
2. Poetry
• (really just undecided)
• shmoop.com/cremation-sam-mcgee/stanza-1-summary.html

http://ask.metafilter.com/20594/What-should-I-memorize
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2047.html