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Marthe48

(23,135 posts) Sat Mar 14, 2026, 08:02 AM Mar 14

It's Pi Day!

Hope you have infinite fun!

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It's Pi Day! (Original Post) Marthe48 Mar 14 OP

;-{)..... Goonch Mar 14 #1

Interesting article about PI day Callalily Mar 14 #3

Pi Day Fun Facts Callalily Mar 14 #2

22/7 ... 21.99/7 ... bucolic_frolic Mar 14 #4

Meh EYESORE 9001 Mar 14 #5

Just read that a trillion digits are known Marthe48 Mar 14 #6

My favorite - a Raspberry Pi Wonder Why Mar 14 #7

Happy Pi Day LetMyPeopleVote Mar 14 #8

Happy Birthday Albert Einstein. Born on Pi-day. LetMyPeopleVote Mar 14 #9

Or Pi Day was established on Einstein's birthday? Marthe48 Mar 14 #10

Maybe I'll order a pizza pie for dinner! bif Mar 14 #11

We did Marthe48 Mar 14 #13

Wednesday, Thursday, Pi Day! True Dough Mar 14 #12

Pi Day Mathematical Humor LetMyPeopleVote Mar 14 #14

Excellent! Marthe48 Mar 14 #15

For Star Trek fans-It is a good day to Pie LetMyPeopleVote Mar 15 #16

Goonch

(4,985 posts)

1. ;-{).....

Reply to Marthe48 (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2026, 08:06 AM

Mar 14

Callalily

(15,385 posts)

3. Interesting article about PI day

Reply to Goonch (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 14, 2026, 08:23 AM

Mar 14

I'd visit this memorial!

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/ludolph-van-ceulen-memorial-leiden?

Callalily

(15,385 posts)

2. Pi Day Fun Facts

Reply to Marthe48 (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2026, 08:20 AM

Mar 14

Key 2026 Pi Day Facts:

Significance: Pi represents the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, a constant roughly equal to 3.14159.

History: Founded in 1988 by Larry Shaw at San Francisco’s Exploratorium, it is also Albert Einstein’s birthday.

Celebration: Celebrated with mathematical activities and, frequently, eating "pie".

bucolic_frolic

(55,044 posts)

4. 22/7 ... 21.99/7 ...

Reply to Marthe48 (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2026, 08:45 AM

Mar 14

i though they taught us to use 22/7. Not it's not quite the real value. smh

EYESORE 9001

(29,699 posts)

5. Meh

Reply to Marthe48 (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2026, 08:46 AM

Mar 14

Once you pass 10,000 digits, it gets a bit boring

Marthe48

(23,135 posts)

6. Just read that a trillion digits are known

Reply to EYESORE 9001 (Reply #5)

Sat Mar 14, 2026, 09:40 AM

Mar 14

People track what positions 314159 appear in the sequence. Who knew?

Wonder Why

(6,949 posts)

7. My favorite - a Raspberry Pi

Reply to Marthe48 (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2026, 11:41 AM

Mar 14

LetMyPeopleVote

(179,495 posts)

8. Happy Pi Day

Reply to Marthe48 (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2026, 12:01 PM

Mar 14

Happy Pi Day!
— John Thorn (@johnthorn.bsky.social) 2026-03-14T15:12:46.376Z

Happy #PiDay ðŸ¤“
— AltSpaceForce ðŸš€ðŸ‡ºðŸ‡² (@altspaceforce.altgov.info) 2026-03-14T14:23:01.174Z

LetMyPeopleVote

(179,495 posts)

9. Happy Birthday Albert Einstein. Born on Pi-day.

Reply to Marthe48 (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2026, 12:07 PM

Mar 14

Link to tweet

Marthe48

(23,135 posts)

10. Or Pi Day was established on Einstein's birthday?

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Reply #9)

Sat Mar 14, 2026, 12:49 PM

Mar 14

One of our family friends resembled a famous singer. People often told him he looked like Kenny Rogers. He was older than Kenny Rogers, so he'd say, "No, Kenny Rogers looks like me!"