First of all, the story wasn’t about Tennessee, it was Alabama. Second of all, it was an April Fool’s joke (since you’re perpetuating it along with a self-serving liar’s twist, what does that make you?). See http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/805/did-a-state-legislature-once-pass-a-law-saying-pi-equals-3.
There was once a motion introduced into a state legislature to redefine Pi, but it was Indiana, not Tennessee or Alabama (see http://www.snopes.com/religion/pi.asp).
Ajax4Hire, you’re full of it.
First of all, the story wasn’t about Tennessee, it was Alabama. Second of all, it was an April Fool’s joke (since you’re perpetuating it along with a self-serving liar’s twist, what does that make you?). See http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/805/did-a-state-legislature-once-pass-a-law-saying-pi-equals-3.
There was once a motion introduced into a state legislature to redefine Pi, but it was Indiana, not Tennessee or Alabama (see http://www.snopes.com/religion/pi.asp).
Right wingnuts - all misinformation all the time.