Apparently there are quite a few people out there obsessed with Pi. The U.S. record for Pi memorization is 12,887 digits, and is held by Marc Umile, a Medicare biller from Philadelphia. The world record for Pi memoriztion is 67,890 digits and is held by Chao Lu, a chemistry student from China. At the height of my geekdom I only knew Pi to about 10 places.
In celebration of Pi Day, here's some Pi trivia
- Pi Day, 3/14, is also the birthday of Albert Einstein
- On Kate Bush's 2005 album Aerial, there is a song titled 'Pi' in which she sings Pi to the 137th decimal place.
- In 1897, the Indiana General Assembly passed a bill from which it could be deduced that pi was equal to 3.2 or other incorrect values, including at one point 4. The Indiana Senate postponed the bill indefinitely, preventing it from becoming law.
- In the movie Scarface, the character Frank Lopez wears a necklace with the pi symbol.
And now I think it's time to celebrate this fine day by having some pie. I think pumpkin sounds good.
5 comments:
Yes, my dear, you be a geek. But at least you're a morningstar wielding geek. That gives you cred most geeks would lust after.
I only know pi to two decimal places!
"That's my pie!" - Stan Gable, Alpha Beta/President of Greek Council - Revenge of the Nerds
When I went to college we didn't have a Greek fraternity/sorority system. However, that didn't stop my floor from creating our own "fraternity". We called ourselves Lambda Loada Pi, and we had sweatshirts with Greek letters and our nicknames on it. It was a way to pretend that we were going to a real school. And a good excuse for drinking.
Chum's got a pucker-pi
3.14stinky poo-poo
I love my anonymous commenters. Is it really cool or really sad that I know what you're talking about?
Hey, I'm glad that you love me. The fact that you know what I'm talking about means not only that you are super cool, but I'm cool too.
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