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How did Pi Day start? Plus, pie recipes your great-great-grandma used

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The 14th day of the third month or 3/14 can also be translated as 3.14 — the first digits of the mathematical constant known as pi.

Pi Day celebrations often feature the baked good that is the homonym of pi — pie.

The pursuit for perfect pie was occurring long before Pi Day or Pie Day came along.

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