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Podcast: Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson
Episode: Indiana Almost Set The Value Of Pi At 3.2, Even Though That Isn’t Pi’s Value
Description: This week in 1897, lawmakers in the state of Indiana almost added a mathematical shortcut to state law, with a bill that would have set the wrong value for the number pi. Plus: Listen To The Clouds lets you choose radio traffic from dozens of airports around the world, and plays them alongside ambient music tracks.
Feb. 5, 1897: Indiana Pols Forced to Eat Humble Pi (Wired)
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It would be cool if we had a backer on Patreon who gave pi dollars a month