@MasterWuggles i remember 7x7 from a weird video where they couldn't think of any mnemonics, so just chanted it as 'sound off' thing. "sound off! 7x7! sound off! is 49. 7x7 is 49. 49!"
gotta say it worked bc i still remember
@zaynahbear I read the comics, obits (sometimes), got like 1 or 2 words in the crossword, finished the sudoku (usually) and then only read articles involving my school, someone I knew, or anything with a cool picture with it (that I usually didn't finish)