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March 13 2013

Ancient pi calculator gets a modern twist for pi day

Needles falling on paper will calculate pi, everyone's favourite mathematical constant, on the day that bears its name.

Pi day is 14 March, or 3.14 as Americans might write it. The constant – the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter – is a string of numbers beginning 3.14159, although it goes on forever.

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