Monday, April 4, 2011

April Fool's Day

OK, so I'm a little behind but here's my favorite April Fool's Prank of all time . . .
In 1998 an author under the pseudonym April Holiday published an article saying the Alabama legislature was passing a law that Pi = 3.0.  Here's the link to the full story, as published in Time Magazine,
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1888721_1888719_1888669,00.html

Or, you can read the original article as published in the New Mexicans for Science and Reason newsletter here:
http://www.snopes.com/religion/pi.asp

My suggestion, print the article and see if you can get anyone to fall for the prank . . .

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