{"id":39609,"date":"2015-03-05T00:09:38","date_gmt":"2015-03-05T08:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/?p=39609"},"modified":"2015-03-16T02:15:35","modified_gmt":"2015-03-16T09:15:35","slug":"pi-almost-3-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2015\/03\/pi-almost-3-2\/","title":{"rendered":"When Pi was Almost 3.2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pf-content\"><div class=\"highlighter\">In this video, produced by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bradyharan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">very talented Brady Haran<\/a> over at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCoxcjq-8xIDTYp3uz647V5A\" target=\"_blank\">Numberphile, which you can subscribe to here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/jamesgrime.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. James Grime<\/a> tells a very fascinating story of how the state of Illinois almost officially made Pi 3.2.\u00a0 If you like this video, please <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/TodayIFoundOut\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">join us<\/a> in supporting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/numberphile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Numberphile on Patreon here<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bFNjA9LOPsg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you liked this video, you might also enjoy:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2014\/07\/history-pi\/\" target=\"_blank\">A Brief History of Pi<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2015\/01\/39-digits-pi-size-observable-universe\/\" target=\"_blank\">39 Digits, Pi, and the Size of the Observable Universe<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2014\/06\/math-vs-maths-mathematics-s-end\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cMath\u201d vs. \u201cMaths\u201d and Why Mathematics has an \u2018S\u2019 on the End<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2010\/10\/the-reason-there-is-no-nobel-prize-for-mathematics-had-nothing-to-do-with-any-wifemistress-of-alfred-nobel\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Reason There is No \u201cNobel Prize for Mathematics\u201d Had Nothing to Do With Any Wife\/Mistress of Alfred Nobel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2011\/12\/albert-einstein-did-not-fail-at-mathematics-in-school\/\" target=\"_blank\">Albert Einstein Did Not Fail at Mathematics in School<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this video, produced by the very talented Brady Haran over at Numberphile, which you can subscribe to here, Dr. James Grime tells a very fascinating story of how the state of Illinois almost officially made Pi 3.2.\u00a0 If you like this video, please join us in supporting Numberphile on Patreon here. If you liked this video, you might also [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2957],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-educational_videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39609"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39610,"href":"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39609\/revisions\/39610"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}