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August 18, 2010 11:50 a.m.

See a 3-Year-Old Recite a 30-Line Billy Collins Poem From Memory

By Edith Zimmerman

While we were ranking movie incest and chronicling abs, this baby was learning "Litany."

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While we were ranking movie incest and chronicling the history of abs, this baby was learning "Litany." Click through to YouTube to read the poem as you watch.

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