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[–]LarrySwinger2[S] 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

The Templars are purported to have uncovered ancient secrets about geometry from the Middle East. Pi is an important constant on which the dimensions used in ancient buildings are based. Then, in a great act of courage, this De Molay guy defends that same order which is supposed to protect these secrets, completely defying the torture with which he's being threatened. And the date happens to be 3/14/1314, with pi appearing twice. How amazing is that.

[–]chottohen 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thanks and glad you liked it. Yeah a double pi number is just a coincidence. It is my bedtime here but I will read about Molay tomorrow,

[–]Site_rly_sux 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Uh. So what's the secret about pi? This is so dumb. How does one "uncover" secrets of geometry like the ratio between circumference and diameter? How did the ancients "cover" up that ratio? What on earth, in your mind, is the secret here? It's a shape. Anyone can draw or look at a shape and come to the same realisation. You cannot make properties of shapes a secret. This is so dumb

[–]CreditKnifeMan 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They also created a quasi-masonic pedo group named after him.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeMolay_International

[–]Site_rly_sux 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Ah whoops LarrySwinger2, you accidentally made an imaginary theory out of GREGORIAN calendar dates while they used the JULIAN calendar before the 1500s.

It was march 6th in Julian dates. Or - march 22nd in Gregorian would be 14th in Julian.

Whoopsy. It's easy to imagine faces in the clouds, like you've done here with numbers. Harder when you have to stay grounded in reality