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Square Root April Fool’s Day
Electrical engineer Aziz Inan, of the University of Portland, recently noticed that April 1st, 2009 is a square root date. From USA Today:April Fool's Day, April 1, 2009 is 04/01/2009, or 4012009, which has 2003 as a square root (2003 * 2003 = 4012009.)...
The next April Fool's square date doesn't fall until April 1, 6016 (2004*2004 = 4016016.)
The next April Fool's square date doesn't fall until April 1, 6016 (2004*2004 = 4016016.)
Of course, this is of no significance whatsoever. Or is it???