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Why: A Penrose tiling never settles into a repeating block, yet it can show a fivefold symmetry that no repeating tiling allows.
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Which part of a mosque shows the direction of Mecca?
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Why: The minbar beside it is a different thing: the stepped pulpit from which the Friday sermon is given.
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