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> A a pentagon-shaped building is also structurally stronger than a square building

That isn't the case for the Pentagon. It's not a single, simple, unbroken structure and does not meaningfully benefit from that premise. The Pentagon is a lot of building segments connecting to form a shape. It would be equally strong as a whole had it been built in the shape of a rectangle or square.




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