{"id":1121,"date":"2010-03-12T03:54:54","date_gmt":"2010-03-12T11:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/?p=1121"},"modified":"2014-03-15T01:40:58","modified_gmt":"2014-03-15T08:40:58","slug":"the-mathematical-volume-of-a-pizza-is-pizza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2010\/03\/the-mathematical-volume-of-a-pizza-is-pizza\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mathematical Volume of a Pizza is Pizza"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pf-content\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/pizza2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-30896\" alt=\"pizza2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/pizza2-340x239.jpg\" width=\"340\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/pizza2-340x239.jpg 340w, http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/pizza2-640x450.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/pizza2.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/a><a href='http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com' title='Interesting Facts'>Today I found out<\/a> that the mathematical volume of a pizza is pizza. \u00a0How does that work you say? \u00a0Well if <em>z<\/em> = radius of the pizza and <em>a<\/em> = the height then \u03a0 * radius<sup>2<\/sup> * height = Pi * z * z * a = Pizza.<\/p>\n<p>On a different note, three statisticians go out hunting together. 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