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[โ€“] [email protected] 186 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The do start as circles! Bees spin on their butt laying the honeycomb. Mechanical pressure mashes them into hexagons.

[โ€“] [email protected] 73 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And thats why you sometimes find pentagons, its just squished circles.