"The Governor must not find out, but since he passed a law stating that pi
= 3, the state academy predicted a total eclipse of the sun today, so we have to simulate one."
[Wikipedia:
In 1897, an amateur mathematician attempted to persuade the Indiana legislature to pass the Indiana Pi Bill, which described a method to square the circle and contained text that implied various incorrect values for π, including 3.2. The bill is notorious as an attempt to establish a value of scientific constant by legislative fiat. The bill was passed by the Indiana House of Representatives, but rejected by the Senate, meaning it did not become a law.]