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Ted: Ted Ed: Why Are Manhole Covers Round?

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Why are most manhole covers round? Sure it makes them easy to roll, and slide into place in any alignment. But there's another, more compelling reason, involving a peculiar geometric property of circles and other shapes. Marc Chamberland explains curves of constant width and Barbier's theorem. [3 min, 34 sec]

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