If you wanted to memorize this (irrational-meaning never-ending and never-repeating) number you could use a mnemonic (a memory device) to do so.
for pi the classic memory device involves using a story/sentence where each word has the corresponding number of letters in it to match the digit of pi.
so Can (3) I (1) Have (4) A (1) Large (5) Container (9) Of (2) Coffee (6) does it for the first 7 digits beyond the decimal.
This guy (below) set out to memorize it to 100,000. He didn't quite make it, but still an amazing feat!
Lu Chao (Chinese: 吕超) from China is the recognized Guinness record holder for reciting digits of Pi. He successfully recited 67,890 digits of pi in 24 hours and 4 minutes[1]with an error at the 67,891st digit, saying it was a "5", when it was actually a "0". He stated he had 100,000 memorized, and was going to recite 91,300, but that one mistake cost him. He is planning to write a book about the method he uses, which is based upon many Chinese memorization techniques. He says it took him about 1 year to memorize 100,000 digits. He has no plans to beat his record unless someone else does
This website shows 1,000,000 digits of Pi
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