Today is March 14. Or 14.3. or, in the US, its 3.14, which is con incidentally a decimal representation of Pi.This it is International Pi Day.
Pi is a number so irrational that you can celebrate it twice. 22/7 is a pretty close fractional approximation, so some can celebrate it on July 22. I much like 355/113 as it is easy to remember (just split 113355 and reverse the values) and very close to accurate. Even this post subject is a decimal Mnemonic.
Calculators have probably spoiled a bit of the fun people have remembering Pi, but that doesn't mean you can't have a little bit of fun a couple of time a year.
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