Zaraki42@lemmy.ca to memes@lemmy.world · 3 days agoMaybe a half man half lion statue as well.lemmy.caexternal-linkmessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1937arrow-down17
arrow-up1930arrow-down1external-linkMaybe a half man half lion statue as well.lemmy.caZaraki42@lemmy.ca to memes@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square49fedilink
minus-squarePlaneMaker@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up26·3 days agoAre those pyramids called pyramids because they the shape that we call pyramid or do we call the shape pyramid because they look like those pyramids?
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12·3 days agoHow much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
minus-squareHeavenlySpoon@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 days agoIt wouldn’t. A tetrahedron has four sides, hence the name, while an Egyptian-style pyramid has five (if you include the base, otherwise it isn’t even a polyhedron).
Are those pyramids called pyramids because they the shape that we call pyramid or do we call the shape pyramid because they look like those pyramids?
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
I mean tetrahedron could work
It wouldn’t. A tetrahedron has four sides, hence the name, while an Egyptian-style pyramid has five (if you include the base, otherwise it isn’t even a polyhedron).