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On 2015-03-14 15:06, graham wrote:
> On 14/03/2015 12:04 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On 3/14/2015 12:11 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>> On Sat, 14 Mar 2015 09:27:23 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:
>>>
>>>> We just missed the only time in a hundred years
>>>> where the date and time are pi.
>>>>
>>>> 3.14159
>>>
>>> 9:23am and 53 seconds (3.141592653) is the exact second of Pi. Still
>>> time for Californians to do a shot in celebration of Pi-second.
>>>
>>> -sw
>>>

>>
>> Someone went nuts on this.
>> Happy PI second: 3/14/15 9:26:53
>>
>> Happy PI millisecond: 3/14/15 9:26:53.589
>>
>> Happy PI microsecond: 3/14/15 9:26:53.589793
>>
>> You can go further he
>> http://www.geom.uiuc.edu/~huberty/ma...pe/digits.html
>> 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375 105820974944592307816406286
>>
>>

> A math teacher in Ontario has memorised it to 10,000+ places.
> Everyone needs a hobby!
> Graham
>



The Guiness record is held by a Chinese man who has it down to 67,890
places.... and I had to go back to check.