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How Much Pi Do You Need?
NASA scientists keep the space station operational with only 15 or 16 significant digits of pi, and the fundamental constants of the universe only require 32. Yet in 2006 Akira Haraguchi of Japan recited 100,000 digits of pi from memory in 16 ½ hours, stopping for five minutes every hour to replenish his strength with onigiri rice balls. And [...]
Big Numbers Are Big
![Big Numbers Are Big](http://www.evelynjlamb.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pi-xkcd-300x157.jpg)
Your Life in Pi
![A variety of pies celebrating the number pi. Source: flickr/djwtwo.](http://www.evelynjlamb.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pi-day-pies.jpg)
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