10 Fun facts about pi day

Pi Day is celebrated on March 14th (3/14) because 3.14 are the first three digits of pi

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Pi is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. This value is a mathematical constant that has been calculated to over one trillion digits beyond its decimal point.

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Pi Day was first officially recognized in 2009 by the United States House of Representatives.

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In 2015, Pi Day was especially exciting because the date represented the first five digits of pi: 3.1415.

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Pi has been studied for thousands of years, with evidence of its use in ancient Babylon, Egypt, and Greece.

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Pi is an irrational number, which means that its decimal representation goes on forever without repeating.

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Albert Einstein was born on Pi Day in 1879.

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In some countries, such as the United Kingdom and Australia, Pi Approximation Day is celebrated on July 22nd (22/7) because 22/7 is a common approximation of pi.

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Pi has many interesting properties, such as being a transcendental number, which means that it is not the solution to any non-zero polynomial equation with rational coefficients.

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Pi Day celebrations often involve eating pie, reciting digits of pi, and participating in math-related activities and competitions.

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