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Did you know that today is International Pie Day?

The Horse @TheHorse (238280) • Walnut Creek, California 14 Mar 19

I just heard that today is international Pie Day! I hadn't known until I heard it on the radio. What's that you say? It's not International Pie Day? It's International Pi Day? A day for math nerds to celebrate how many digits of...

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Did you know that Alabama uses the "Biblical value" of Pi (3.0), rather than the mathematically correct value of 3.141592654, thanks to an Alabama State Legislature vote in 1998?

The Horse @TheHorse (238280) • Walnut Creek, California 1 Feb 18

I was shocked and dismayed to learn that for Alabama students, the value of Pi is 3.0, rather than the correct value of 3.141592654 (the correct value actually goes on forever). This means that Alabama high school and college...

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How Neat Is This

Maggs @maggs224 (2317) • Alicante, Spain 30 Aug 17

I love to learn new things, and they don't even have to be useful things, but when they are it love it even more. I was reading an article this morning about how to improve your memory. One of the ways in the article was by...

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Just When It Started Getting Better

DW Davis @DWDavis (25797) • United States 18 Jan 17

Today's classes went much better than yesterday's. The students seemed to enjoy today's lesson on circles. I introduced today's lesson with a Flocabulary video about using pi to calculate the circumference and area of a circle....

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Who wants PI?

Genipher @Genipher (5405) • United States 27 Jun 16

All right, you asked for it. Or, at least, @allen0187 did. So now everyone gets to suffer. Seven years ago, when I was young and full of energy, my husband and I used to celebrate PI Day. My fellow math...

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Ancient india- Inventor of zero

springs @springs (923) • India 14 Jun 16

Aryabhatta is inventor of zero in place-value system.Not only this he shown a great skill in mathematics and astronomy.He knows the value of pi. This implies that the ratio of the circumference to the diameter is ((4 + 100) × 8...

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For all you Nerds out there...

Stephanie Anne @WannaRead (34) • United States 14 Mar 16

Well, it's almost over, but HAPPY PI DAY, EVERYONE! I'm sure y'all already know, but the number Pi is 3.14... Every year, March 14th is known as Pi day. Of course, last year's was the biggest we'll see in our lifetime... March...

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This Pi Day, remember William Shanks

Stephen L. Thompson @oneoveralpha (434) • Brookville, Pennsylvania 14 Mar 16

Today is a special Pi Day as 3/14/16 is a good approximation to the value of pi, 3.14159265…. It’s a day for math geeks and for people who like pies to make puns. But today I ask you to remember William Shanks. When I was...

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Monday is Pi Day!

Jeff Moffitt @moffittjc (128831) • Gainesville, Florida 13 Mar 16

Tomorrow, on Monday, March 14th, we will celebrate Pi Day. You remember Pi from school, don't you? You know, 3.141592654... We Americans celebrate Pi Day on March 14th because when you write out the date numerically (3/14), it...

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Wanna buy a PI?! : )

ShepherdSpy @ShepherdSpy (8544) • Omagh, Northern Ireland 29 Feb 12

A new ultra cheap 1 board computer has been released called the "Raspberry Pi", costing £22...and this one is the more expensive,better specced version with more onboard memory-a £16 version is in the pipeline! The machine is...

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Please I need clarification: What's the value of Pi

saeedonline @saeedonline (340) • Saudi Arabia 23 Jul 10

Some of my friends said Pi = 22/7, but I believed they were wrong. Pls who's right? I or them?

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My politically incorrect and racist metaphor, according to a friend

EvanHunter @EvanHunter (4026) • United States 11 Jun 10

I have often used the expression "that's the pot calling the kettle black", one of my friends pointed it out to me as being a racist statement because it implies that being black is a negative thing. Have you ever used this...

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Do you know any private investigator and what do you feel about this profession?

wildlittlefan @wildlittlefan (4680) • Hong Kong 13 Feb 10

I don't know why?Suddeenly some kinds of unteresting thought came to my mind.Guess what?I want to know how can I be a private investigator.it was strange thought to me but it sounds interesting,exciting and funny.I don't know any...

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Have you ever hired a Private Investigator?

surveygrrl @surveygrrl (1270) • United States 23 Jul 07

I personally haven't but know of someone who has. What was the reason you needed help from one?

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Do u like mathmatics?

nill_07 @nill_07 (1104) • Bangladesh 29 Apr 07

I was week in mathmatics in Secondary School level. I had a home tutor in that time named Mohammad Rafiqul Islam. He encouraged me always about mathmatics. But inspite of his sufficient encouragement I was able to obtain only 60%...

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A Beautiful Mind or Pi?

Firescript @Firescript (5) • United States 23 Apr 07

For those of you who have watched both A Beautiful Mind and Pi, I direct this towards you: Which movie had a better storyline? Granted, much of A Beautiful Mind is truth or near-truth, it's obvious which one is more believable....

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Downtown Disney

Kalikala @Kalikala (433) • United States 19 Apr 07

When you visit Disney World, do you usually go to Downtown Disney? I love spending time at Pleasure Island at night, especially at the Adventurers Club! I sometimes stop in the Comedy Club or 8 Trax, and sometimes the Rock &...

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Thoughts on the Aronofsky film Pi?

mflo589 @mflo589 (28) • United States 11 Apr 07

I thought this movie was very very well done, not only the way it was shot, but some of the scenes where Max just goes absolutely crazy and loses himself, this movie also inspired me to start playing the board game Go, which Max...

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How Pi Works

yzone_asginc @yzone_asginc (160) • India 16 Mar 07

Pi is an extremely interesting number that is important to all sorts of mathematical calculations. Anytime you find yourself working with circles, arcs, pendulums (which swing through an arc), etc. you find Pi popping up. We have...

Today is March 14, Pi day!

flyinghamster @flyinghamster (31) • United States 14 Mar 07

Of course, today is only an approximation of Pi.

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