Quote Originally Posted by BoxingGorilla
Take pi for example. To most people that complete second and third level education this is the most exact numerical figure they will ever deal with. However, in the space race, when pi was utilised in an attempt to reach the moon it was found that the implementation of pi would result in the spaceship ending up thousands of miles in the wrong direction. Donny


LOL That's hilarious. I did not know that.
You guys might like this one, too - Indiana almost passed a bill that effectively gave 3.2 as the correct value of Pi.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Pi_Bill

Good thing NASA doesn't have thier main offices in Indiana