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Mile of Pi - Numberphile

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The team from Numberphile printed one million decimal places of Pi onto a piece of paper which stretched for over a mile. They rolled it out on a runway usually used for testing planes and cars.

Numberphile made a longer video about their Mile of Pi project - here is the link.

And here is a playlist of Pi-related videos by Numberphile.

Here is the question though.... is EVERY possible number, no matter how big, found somewhere within the infinite digits of Pi?

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