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The Telstar was the first World Cup ball to use the now-familiar truncated icosahedron for its design, consisting of 12 black pentagonal and 20 white hexagonal panels. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The 32-panel configuration had been introduced in 1962 by Select Sport , [ 4 ] [ 5 ] and was also used in the official logo for the 1970 World Cup. [ 6 ]
The 32-panel ball design was soon joined by 24-panel balls as well as 42-panel balls, both of which improved on performance prior to 2007. [ citation needed ] A black-and-white patterned spherical truncated icosahedron design, brought to prominence by the Adidas Telstar , has become a symbol of association football. [ 2 ]
Drawing of a typical soccer ball. See image:Soccerball shade.svg for a shaded version. This file is from the Open Clip Art Library , which released it explicitly into the public domain ( see here ) .
A cute white "bunny" rabbit Associação Atlética Ponte Preta: Macaca ("she-monkey") A female ape: Associação Desportiva São Caetano: Azulão ("big blue") A blue bird Atlético Rio Negro Clube (AM) Galo Carijó ("Spotty Rooster") A black-and-white feathered rooster. Avaí Futebol Clube: Leão A lion: Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas: Biriba ...
It was a 12-foot crocodile. "That's not what you wanna see when you're dipping in that water," WFLD anchors said. Humongous 12-foot crocodile closes popular beach
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By Dan Mennella A clash between fierce prehistoric beasts in an Australian river left tourists stunned on Tuesday, AFP reported. An 18-foot crocodile, known to locals as Brutus, went after a much ...
Today's crocodiles may seem fearsome, but an even bigger and predatory version of the animal is believed to have lived on Earth about 130 million years ago. A new study documents the discovery of ...