neidu3@sh.itjust.worksM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-26 days agoWhat obsolete knowledge do you know by heart, and would like to share?message-squaremessage-square114fedilinkarrow-up1114arrow-down11
arrow-up1113arrow-down1message-squareWhat obsolete knowledge do you know by heart, and would like to share?neidu3@sh.itjust.worksM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-26 days agomessage-square114fedilink
minus-squareTehhund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·6 days ago3.14159265359 (ok the last 9 is actually an 8 but it’s followed by a 9 so I round up). Not exactly obsolete, but there’s no reason for anyone to memorize that many digits of Pi except for trivia. Number of times it has come up in trivia: 0.
minus-squaretigeruppercut@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up7·6 days agoI used to stop there but just beyond it some small palindromes follow, so they’re somewhat easy to remember (and gives even more useless nerd cred) 3.14159265358979323 (you got 535, then the 8 leads into 979, then 323).
3.14159265359 (ok the last 9 is actually an 8 but it’s followed by a 9 so I round up).
Not exactly obsolete, but there’s no reason for anyone to memorize that many digits of Pi except for trivia. Number of times it has come up in trivia: 0.
I used to stop there but just beyond it some small palindromes follow, so they’re somewhat easy to remember (and gives even more useless nerd cred)
3.14159265358979323 (you got 535, then the 8 leads into 979, then 323).