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TIL that amateur mathematician Edward Goodwin had the Indiana General Assembly define π as 3.2 in a bill. The bill was defeated in the Indiana Senate due to the presence of Professor C.A. Waldo in the legislature on the day of the vote, who had previously "coached" the senators.

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