Celebrating Pi Day with pies and tweets

An appetizing look at how the Web is commemorating mathematicans’ unofficial holiday.

Fernando Alfonso III

Updated on June 2 2021 8:05 pm CDT

Everyone has that special holiday that seems to make the world stop. For mathematicians that day is March 14, also known as Pi Day—where the number 3.14 is more than just a mathematical pillar but a reason to bake a pie.

Photo from @mchesner

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Fernando Alfonso III

Fernando Alfonso III served as an early Reddit and 4chan reporter and the Daily Dot’s first art director until 2016. He’s gone on to report at Lexington’s Herald-Leader and at the Houston Chronicle.