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Truncated icosahedron
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Geometry/wTQf5ffQ">geometry</a>, the truncated icosahedron is a polyhedron that can be constructed by <a href="/facts/Truncation_(geometry)/DYb589Je">truncating</a> all of the <a href="/facts/Regular_icosahedron/1U93vmXV">regular icosahedron</a>'s vertices. Intuitively, it may be regarded as <a href="/facts/Ball_(association_football)/SC2f6csg">footballs</a> (or soccer balls) that are typically patterned with white hexagons and black pentagons. It can be found in the application of <a href="/facts/Geodesic_dome/XmHEPKmK">geodesic dome</a> structures such as those whose architecture <a href="/facts/Buckminster_Fuller/fLvx87hc">Buckminster Fuller</a> pioneered are often based on this structure. It is an example of an <a href="/facts/Archimedean_solid/wYWeHDYT">Archimedean solid</a>, as well as a <a href="/facts/Goldberg_polyhedron/Hp56kpJ1">Goldberg polyhedron</a>. </p>