In 1982, Les Stewart of Mudjimba, Australia, sat down at his manual typewriter and started punching out all of the numbers from one to one million, in words. He finished in 1998. He apparently holds the "World Record for Typing Numbers in Words." From the International World Record Breakers' Club:
When asked why he has undertaken this time consuming and repetitious task, Les says that he has little else to do now that he has been classed as an invalid, and can no longer work. Besides that, Les enjoys typing and used to be a police typing instructor before his sickness which meant his withdrawal from the force. Typing an average three pages a day with one finger since April 1982, Les said his secret was to type for 20 minutes on the hour, every hour
Link (via Kircher Society)
