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Spheres pack perfectly tightly into twenty-four dimensions

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While packing oranges tightly into a box mathematically stumps researchers in basic 3D, the Leech lattice completely solved the issue—provided you are operating in exactly twenty-four dimensional space. Each sphere kisses exactly one hundred and ninety-six thousand five hundred and sixty others in perfect, mind-bending harmony.

Spheres pack perfectly tightly into twenty-four dimensions
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