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   play with twigs, leaves and branches, this parrot, to the mathe-   
   matician's amazement, actually arranged the pieces of wood into   
   a pattern with multiple sides. Then, unfortunately, the bird   
   keeled over, dead. The mathematician was so moved that he named   
   the shape, "Dead parrot." Although - of course - this is why, to   
   this day, we call that shape a polygon.   
      
   73,   
   This week's ANS Editor,   
   JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM   
      
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