Memorizing with Weird Stories

I wanted to memorize everything for my exam in one night…So I tried reading the textbook over

and over, but nothing stuck. Then I learned your brain remembers stories better than

facts. For example, I needed to memorize the planets in order — Mercury,

Venus, Earth, Mars. Instead of repeating the names,

I imagined Mercury racing a messenger pigeon to Venus, Venus handing a glowing orb to Earth,

and Earth tossing it to Mars like a basketball. The weirder I made the story,

the faster I remembered it. By the end, I could recall all eight planets without

even thinking.…which is why I thought it would be smarter if I just started memorizing everything