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Faizan Zaki’s enthusiasm for spelling nearly got the better of him. Ultimately, his joyful approach made him the Scripps National Spelling Bee champion. The favourite entering the bee after his runner-up finish last year — during which he never misspelled a word in a conventional spelling round, only to lose a …

Austin He is 11 years old — with typical 11-year-old hobbies, like building Lego sets, collecting Pokémon cards, drawing comic books, and playing with his brother, Daniel. Less typical, however, is the Quispamsis student’s talent for memorization.  Take the entire periodic table, which he learned by heart in a week. …