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It s finally here: The first day of the year that s all about pie.
Technically, March 14 is all about celebrating pi, the mathematical constant whose first three digits are 3.14. (Do you see what they did there?) But you better believe the main celebratory action is consuming the tasty dessert that, in my opinion, is too pigeonholed into Thanksgiving to receive its due attention.
Plus, pi is an important part of calculating both the radius and circumference of a circle, so really, pie is a great way to celebrate pi.
No, I didn t make this up. That credit is given to Larry Shaw, who created Pi Day in 1988. He was a former staff physicist of the San Francisco Exploratorium, and on the first Pi Day, at 1:59 p.m. (the subsequent digits of pie after 3.14), he and his wife set up a table of fruit pies in the museum to celebrate. ....

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