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Unfolding a Dodecahedron to Produce a Stage

At the closing ceremony of the 2000 Olympic Games held in Sydney, the convertible stage was a dodecahedron. Two congruent parts were unfolded to form a flat stage, folded up again, and then lifted on a central pole.

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 Sándor Kabai
"Unfolding a Dodecahedron to Produce a Stage"
 http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/UnfoldingADodecahedronToProduceAStage/
 Wolfram Demonstrations Project
 Published: June 1, 2007
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