Plato was right. Earth is made, on average, of cubes

ScienceDaily
Jul 20, 2020, 11:22 am167 pts
The ancient philosopher Plato posited the shapes of the building blocks of the universe. According to him, the earth was formed of cubes. Researchers now find a fundamental truth in that premise. Studying the shapes and fragmentation patterns of a variety of rocks, they found that the average of all their forms…

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