LL-L "Etymology" 2009.11.28 (01) [EN]

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From: Paul Finlow-Bates <wolf_thunder51 at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2009.11.27 (04) [EN]

According to the Guiness Book of Records, the state of Massachussets (I can
never spell that place!) very nearly passed a law making Pi 3.14.  One
sugestion was that it was because they were a rational society and Pi is an
irrational number....

Paul

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