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Snowflakes
As a kid, I was always taught that no two snowflakes are identical. I believe this is based on some research work done by a photographer (in the 60s?) who took pictures of over 6,000 snowflakes, of which no two were the same.
However I read something in The Express earlier which suggested that it has been known since 1988 that in fact snowflakes can be - and are - identical.
So is it common knowledge now that they can be identical? I didn't even start primary school until 1987 so I should have been taught the truth really..! Or is it still a matter of debate?
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P.S. When I was in Red Square (20 years ago next Monday), it was snowing in a way that we could see the individual six-sided things, and it was too cold for them to get soggy enough to stick together in big fluffy clumps. I didn't exactly stop to check each one of the millions which were falling to see whether they were all different, just on the off chance that someone would ask me about it 20 years later.
IndieSinger, what do you mean "I didn't even start primary school until 1987" - I'm shocked !!
Not that it makes any difference, but I always believed you were a tad older than that !! Must be the maturity and knowledgeability in your replies.
(and the fact that your replies aren't punctuated by the "NE1 in da Arnsa Bank out their, innit M8, LOL" style of posting)
Click http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_392.html for an interesting item on the topic, Indie.