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"I am hiding in every circle ever drawn. I begin 3.14159 and never end and never repeat. I am irrational yet I am everywhere in nature. What am I?"
Answer
Pi (π)
Explanation
Pi is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. It is irrational — its decimal expansion never ends and never repeats. Pi appears throughout mathematics, physics, and nature — in waves, orbits, and probability.
This is a medium riddle in the Science category — Riddles about physics, space, biology and the laws of the universe.
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