Did Neolithic humans build this structure to celebrate Pi Day? Not likely. Pi Day is a relatively recent phenomenon—invented by a physicist in 1988 and designated by Congress a national holiday in 2009. But it"s already almost certainly the most popular holiday celebrating a mathematical constant. While Pi Day is a young tradition, the number π (pi) itself has been a fascination since antiquity, when it was first calculated as the ratio of a circle"s circumference to its diameter.
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Evidence of human habitation
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The ‘Night of Nights’
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American Wetlands Month
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Decorated gate of the Royal Palace of Fez, Morocco
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Labor Day
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Trunks stick together
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Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain
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The Feathers at Frenchman Coulee near Vantage, Washington
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Batten down the hatches
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Little Pigeon River, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee
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China s colorful terraced pools
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Bear watching in the Finnish forest
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For the love of bikes
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Bản Giốc–Detian Falls, Vietnam
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At the shore of an inland sea
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’Chess on ice’
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Lakeside serenity in Finland
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Navajo Bridge in Marble Canyon
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Night view of the RMS Queen Mary, Long Beach, California
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Take a hike near Lovers Lane
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Happy birthday to the Peak!
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Barn swallows of different subspecies resting together
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In Sicily, history is everywhere
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