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= Platonic solids
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Platonic solids are a special category of three-dimensional geometric shapes that have several defining characteristics: they are convex polyhedra with faces that are congruent regular polygons, with the same number of faces meeting at each vertex. There are exactly five Platonic solids: 1. **Tetrahedron**: Composed of four triangular faces, it has 4 vertices and 6 edges.