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This is only one step removed from the story of the Tennessee legislature passing a law declaring that pi = 3. On the other hand, that never happened.
by pg 17y ago
This is only one step removed from the story of the Tennessee legislature passing a law declaring that pi = 3. On the other hand, that never happened.
- akeefer 17y agoNo such law was ever passed, but Indiana did come close back in 1897, apparently: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/805/did-a-state-legislature-once-pass-a-law-saying-pi-equals-3 http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/805/did-a-state-leg... Apparently the trend of legislators voting for things that sounded good but that they didn't understand in the least has remained in changed for at least the past 112 years.