HEXAGONS

Noun

hexagons

plural of hexagon

Source: Wiktionary


HEXAGON

Hex"a*gon, n. Etym: [L. hexagonum, Gr. six) + (Geom.)

Definition: A plane figure of six angles. Regular hexagon, a hexagon in which the angles are all equal, and the sides are also all equal.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.

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