This Day in History: Today is Pi Day (3.14). Also known as "Archimedes' constant" Pi also has an entire language made from the number it. In “Pi-lish” the first word has three letters, the second word has one letter, the third has four letters, and so on. There is an entire book, called "Not a Wake" written in this language. Givenchy sells a men’s cologne with the name ‘Pi,’ Kate Bush has a song called Pi where she actually recites Pi and there is a late 90's movie called Pi that was weird and at the same time rather interesting. Oh, and Albert Einstein was born on Pi day (1879) and Stephen Hawking died on Pi day (2018).
Many have tried to memorize the many digits of Pi (3.14159…). The record for the most digits of Pi memorized belongs to Chao Lu, of China, who recited Pi from memory to 67,890 places in 2005, according to The Guinness World Records. Computers can get even more accurate measurements. As of December 2013, computers calculated Pi to a record 12 trillion digits.
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