Snowflakes are ice crystals with six sides.
Why it is true
Snowflakes are ice crystals with six sides, because the molecular structure of water forms hexagons. No two snowflakes are exactly alike, although they all share hexagonal symmetry.
Source: California Institute of Technology
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