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1. Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 14-Mar-2025 22:06:07 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

   Happy π day, everyone!
   When I was in school in Russia I learned a little poem to remember some of Pi's numbers. The principle was simple - count the number of letters in each word for a digit after 3:

   Я знаю и помню прекрасно
   Пи лишние знаки мне вовсе напрасны

   (I know and remember well, Pi's extra digits are useless to me)

   3.14159265358

   • jandi (jandi@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 14-Mar-2025 22:10:09 UTC jandi

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     @dosnostalgic But that's 3.143843563822!
     🤪
     Just joking, nice fact!

   • 🐜 (antdude@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 15-Mar-2025 01:45:40 UTC 🐜

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     @dosnostalgic I only remember 3.14159.

   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 15-Mar-2025 03:30:42 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     • Gabe

     @gabe Whoa. Impressive.

   • Gabe (gabe@mendeddrum.org)'s status on Saturday, 15-Mar-2025 03:30:43 UTC Gabe

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     @dosnostalgic excellent!

     The German version I know:

     Wie, o dies π macht ernstlich so vielen viele müh? Lernt immerhin, Jünglinge, leichte Verselein! Wie so zum Beispiel dies dürfte zu merken sein!

     Verbatim:
     How, o this π, causes seriously so many such difficulty? Learn then, younglings, simple verses! Such as for example this should to remember be!

     (German grammar is correct, just stilted: "o" for "oh" is archaic, "π" as 1-letter word is creative. But 23 digits! More than I'll ever need!)