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Happy Pi Day, celebrate with pie

For many, the best way to celebrate is with its homonym
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Snohomish Pie Company serves this apple berry crumble pie and others on Pi Day. (File photo courtesy of Kaley Nigg)

Happy Pi Day B´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·“ where mathematicians and foodies unite and celebrate the beautifully irrational number of pi and enjoy a slice of the edible kind.

Pi (Ï€) was first used 4,000 years ago by the ancient Babylonians. Now, studies surrounding the number begin in middle school.

Pi B´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·“ frequently rounded down to 3.14 B´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·“ is the ratio of a circleB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s circumference compared to its diameter; the distance around the outside of a circle is approximately 3.14 times its width. It has been calculated to more than a trillion digits beyond its decimal point B´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·“ which would if spoken aloud, take hundreds of years to recite.

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In the Greek alphabet, pi is the 16th letter (right after omicron).

Today is also Albert EinsteinB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s birthday and marks the anniversary of the death of Stephen Hawking (2018).

For many, the best way to celebrate the never-ending decimal is by eating its homonym. And coincidence or not, 3.14 mirrored or backwards looks like B´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·˜pie.B´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™


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