surprising abilities.
by the age of two, peek was already able to memorize huge amounts of information. he also had an unusual ability to read books at an incredible speed. peek could finish most books in under an hour while remembering almost everything that he had read.
part of this ability was informed by the fact that he could actually read two pages, one with each eye, at the same time. scanning the right page with his right eye and the left page with his left eye, kim peek the real rain man spent most of his life reading.
combined with his incredible ability to store information, this turned peek into a walking 