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Why do dice have six sides? -- OT, but related, and interesting
Posted By: Rich Munitz
Date: Friday, 13 May 2011, at 2:02 a.m.
In Response To: Why do dice have six sides? -- OT, but related, and interesting (Bill Riles)
The oldest dice known were carved from bone, but it is not hard to imagine earlier ones carved from tree branches. A regular bone (or tree branch) is for the most part cylindrical. The cross-section of a cylinder is a rectangle in one direction (square if you cut it properly), so it seems natural and most straightforward to carve a cube out of such material.
Messages In This Thread
- Why do dice have six sides? -- OT, but related, and interesting
Bill Riles -- Thursday, 12 May 2011, at 2:10 a.m.
- Why do dice have six sides? -- OT, but related, and interesting
Bill Riles -- Thursday, 12 May 2011, at 2:14 a.m.
- Why do dice have six sides? -- OT, but related, and interesting
Strato -- Thursday, 12 May 2011, at 3:24 a.m.
- Why do dice have six sides? -- OT, but related, and interesting
rambiz -- Thursday, 12 May 2011, at 3:49 a.m.
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Michael Petch -- Thursday, 12 May 2011, at 4:52 a.m.
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Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 12 May 2011, at 12:26 p.m.
- Why do dice have six sides? -- OT, but related, and interesting
Rich Munitz -- Friday, 13 May 2011, at 2:02 a.m.
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