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Celebrating Pi Day with pies and tweets

An appetizing look at how the Web is commemorating mathematicans' unofficial holiday.  

 

Fernando Alfonso III

IRL

Posted on Mar 14, 2012   Updated on Jun 2, 2021, 8:05 pm CDT

Everyone has that special holiday that seems to make the world stop. For mathematicians that day is March 14, also known as Pi Day—where the number 3.14 is more than just a mathematical pillar but a reason to bake a pie.

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*First Published: Mar 14, 2012, 12:18 pm CDT