TIL of the german word "Bulimielernen" [= bulimia learning]. It describes the brainless activity of having to learn a lot of useless stuff in a short time, and "puking" the knowledge into an exam, so it is gone afterwards

http://www.wiwo.de/politik/deutschland/bildungspolitik-das-bulimie-lernen-fuellt-den-ganzen-tag-aus/6145066-3.html