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By Archimedes
Rappahannock News Writer
The third month is here, the 14th day is coming up, and at 1:59 p.m. next Wednesday, a low profile group in Rappahannock County will once again quietly celebrate Pi Day (3.14159) at that precise moment.
But all is not well in pi circles in Rappahannock County. Last year saw County pi fans in total shock. A wild band of mathematicians declared on the Internet that pi was a hoax. They said pi was actually 3. A round number. No decimal positions. They said the .14159 was caused by the bumps made by the pencil when it was used to draw a circle. Can you believe that?
County pi fans had to regroup on this stunning news. Discreet meetings were held at small restaurants throughout Rappahannock County. Pi people drank too much coffee while discussing the implications of a rounded off pi. They sat bolt upright all night long, unable to sleep. They cultivated a haggard look. And they also discovered that this had happened before.
They found that on Jan. 18, 1897, a bill was entered into the General Assembly of the State of Indiana for “an act introducing a new mathematical truth...” House Bill No. 246 contained some of the most convoluted legal and mathematical language ever seen in a political body. It attempted to define pi in words by describing the squaring of the circle. Somehow it passed the Indiana House and was sent to the Senate. There, according to the
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