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Happy Pi day!

Submitted by mf344 on March 14, 2011
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Today is Pi day - it's March 14th, written as 3/14 in the US - and to celebrate we bring you some of our favourite articles about our favourite number:

  • What is the area of a circle?
  • Number crunching ants
  • Transcendental meditation
  • Pi not a piece of cake

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