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Cyclohedron

Okay, so imagine you have a bunch of sticks that you can bend and twist in different ways. Now, if you take six of these sticks and connect them together end to end, you can make a shape called a hexagon.

But what if you made the hexagon out of bendy sticks and could twist and turn it around? Then you would have a really cool shape called a cyclohedron!

A cyclohedron looks like a bunch of hexagons all connected together, but they're all bent and twisted in different directions. It's kind of like a puzzle that you can keep twisting and turning to create new shapes and patterns.

Scientists and mathematicians love studying cyclohredons because they can help us understand how shapes and patterns work in the world around us. Plus, they just look really cool!
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