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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

For the full article and lots of lovely photos, please click the title above or click here.

Castle in Italy that you could actually buy Published by komradsvaba on January 13, 2016 | Leave a response

Castle in Italy that you could actually buy

Published by komradsvaba on January 13, 2016 | Leave a response

• Location: Castellina in Chianti Italy
• Address: Siena 
• Bedrooms: 115
• Bathrooms: 100
• Living Area: 14320 m2 / 154139 Sq Ft.
• Land Area: 60 m2 / 645 Sq Ft.
• For sale by Italy Sotheby International Realty

Located in Castellina, in Chianti, Italy, this is actually a marvelous castle that you could actually buy. Yes, it’s old, sturdy, as well as impressive, and with 115 bedrooms and 100 bathrooms on offer, this property looks more like a hotel, than one’s private house, with a massive living area of up to 14,320 m2/ 154,139 Sq Ft..

 

A WOODLAND CABIN FIT FOR THE SKIES

Bruce Campbell lives in an airplane. Yes, an actual jet. The Portland-based aeronautics enthusiast makes his home in a converted Boeing 727 that was once used as a Greek aircraft until the mid-1960’s and now resides in a forest near Portland. To watch this 2:11 minute video, please click here.

It's Official: New Yorkers In 2020 Won't See Sunlight

A FLURRY OF SKYSCRAPERS IS PLANNED FOR NYC. UNLESS YOU HAVE MILLIONS TO DROP ON A HIGH-RISE PENTHOUSE, PREPARE FOR IMMINENT DARKNESS.

New York City is in a real estate frenzy. In Manhattan, the skyline is rising higher and higher thanks to forthcoming projects by some of architecture's biggest names: Rafael Viñoly, Bjarke Ingels, SHoP, and Herzog and de Meuron, among others. Across the river in Brooklyn, a similar fleet of towering buildings is taking shape. One thing's certain: the streets of NYC are sure to get a heck of a lot darker.

For the full article in original format, please click here.

Maybe Maine is so different from the rest of the country because it’s basically Canada by proxy. Maine is the northernmost state in the Lower 48 and the culture difference between here and Florida is like night and day. They share a lot of things in common with our Canadian neighbors, from favorite foods and regional traditions to slang and expressions.

Check out 27 Things That You Have To Explain To Out-Of-Towners About Maine (Warning: a couple of annoying gifs.)

A Long Island man returned home from a long trip to find all his possessions — and his home — completely vanished.

Philip Williams, 69, flew to Florida in December 2014 to escape the cold winter and undergo a knee operation.

But when he came back to his West Hempstead homestead in August, all that was left was a grass-covered lot.

 

To read the whole story, please go to Man Returns Home to Find His House has Vanished.