{"id":69598,"date":"2018-03-22T18:09:06","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T23:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=69598"},"modified":"2018-03-22T18:09:06","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T23:09:06","slug":"chicagoans-celebrate-pi-with-pie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/chicagoans-celebrate-pi-with-pie\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicagoans Celebrate Pi with Pie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Jessica Nieberg<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">While March 14 can be celebrated by playing math and science activities, it is not because it&#8217;s Einstein&#8217;s birthday. March 14 was also Pi Day \u2014 3.14 as 3\/14 \u2014 and while intellectual games are encouraged, the day is often honored with one of America&#8217;s favorite desserts.<\/p>\n<p>And one local bar held a pie-eating contest to celebrate.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Binging on pie, on Pi Day\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/261323668?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">PHOTO AT TOP: The five contestants in the men&#8217;s competition prepare to eat four pounds of whipped cream. (Jessica Nieberg\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jessica Nieberg Medill Reports While March 14 can be celebrated by playing math and science activities, it is not because it&#8217;s Einstein&#8217;s birthday. 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