MISSOULA, Mont., April 23 -- The continents may periodically split apart to form giant hexagons and pentagons across the globe in a pattern similar to that found on soccer balls, says a Montana ...
Since about 1970, soccer balls have been stitched or glued together from 32 patches of material—12 of them five-sided and 20 of them six-sided. These patches are arranged so that each pentagon is ...
Most people know that a traditional soccer ball is black and white and that the black and white panels are in a pattern. You might even know that there are 32 total panels on a traditional soccer ball ...
It wasn’t until 1844, when Charles Goodyear patented vulcanized rubber, that modern-day soccer balls began to really take shape—literally. But it wasn’t until 1844 that the modern-day soccer ball as ...