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National Pi Day!

Today we celebrate that memorable day on March 14, 1592 when Pi Day became an official holiday!

At 6am, all 535 mathematicians and mathematics students at Dublin University convened for a scheduled 89-minute colloquium. It wasn't the original 79 minutes as reported at the time. The purpose was to expand the previously-calculated 32 decimal points of Pi to 38. 46 of the students spent more than 264 minutes on the task, but calculated the solution! 33 of them speculated that the number of decimal places might be as large as 83. Of the last 279 minutes of the day-long session -- the session went over-long -- 50 of them were spent confirming the numbers. 288 of the attendees signed the Pi Accord that day. 41 signed it conditionally. Only 9 said "no." To celebrate, the assembly ratified this date as Official Pi Day.

7 of the attendees vowed to establish a second colloquium in 1693. 99 people showed up then. At that point, the decimal count was up to 375, effectively 10 times what it had been a century earlier.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  The terraced house with an amazing secret: Humble home hides a secret CAVE and vaulted ceiling (and it's yours for £200,000)

• Property in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, was transformed by artist Antony Dracup who lived there in the 1980s and 90s
• He excavated the sandstone cave at the back of the house 'Colditz style', creating 650 sq/ft of extra living space
• The house also boasts impressive vaulted ceilings as well as two bedrooms, a bathroom and galley kitchen 

By LUCY CROSSLEY FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 08:22 EST, 18 January 2016 | UPDATED: 16:02 EST, 18 January 2016

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