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🗓️ 12 March 2022

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Ten News Gets Extra: 🤣 Did you know that 3.14 percent of sailors are pi-rates?🥧Pi Day is March 14th (3/14 🤯) and here to tell you all about it is Ten News Correspondent Sarah Namias. ✔️ Fun Fact Check: NASA Scientists use pi to figure out if there's life outside of earth? And, test your ancient construction knowledge on today's Trivia on the Ten. ✅ ✔️ Sign up for the Ten News Newsletter! 📧 Email us your curious facts, funny stories, and eye rolling jokes at: [email protected] 🎇 Follow the show on Instagram 🌍 Check out our website for sources and a transcript of today's episode! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	3.14, uh, um...
0:08.0	What's you doing over there, Ryan?
0:10.0	Just seeing how many digits of pie I can remember.
0:13.0	3.145, 6, 7, 8, 9, no, uh, 3.14 PX, Q, T, G, Z, no. No, uh, what comes next?
0:22.8	Don't give up, Rye.
0:24.3	From the pyramids to outer space, there is one special number that we need.
0:29.9	I'm Bethany Van Delft.
0:31.1	It's Saturday, March 12th, and today we're celebrating Pi Day.
0:35.6	This is the 10 News Gets Extra.
0:38.2	10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
0:46.3	Pie Day is March 14th, aka 314, which are the first three digits of the number pie.
0:55.6	Are you scratching your head?
0:57.4	I'm calling in back up.
1:01.7	Here's 10 news correspondent, Sarah and Nehmias with the scoop on pie.
1:08.5	What is all the fuss about pie day? Are we supposed to eat pie?
1:14.9	Something about math, circles? What is going on?
1:23.1	Well, actually, it's all of that. March 14th is famously known as Pie Day, and that's pie spelled P-I, not P-I-E as in the one we eat. If you're like me and need to visualize something to really understand it, then listen closely.
1:33.3	Imagine you're drawing a circle, or a round pie, if you will.
1:37.3	Go for it. You can draw it on paper or even just draw it in the air.
1:41.3	Okay, now imagine you have a measuring tape and can measure the distance all around the air. OK, now imagine you have a measuring tape
1:45.7	and can measure the distance all around the edge of the circle.
1:51.1	That's called the circumference.
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