Look! A Ball With No Holes!

Look! A Ball With No Holes!
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Topologists everywhere are having a collective meltdown right now! That's a soccer ball with a giant hole—basically a topological nightmare. In topology, objects are classified by their number of holes (genus), and this ball just went from genus 0 to genus 1. It's like someone took a donut and said "this is definitely a sphere." The mathematical betrayal is real! Next thing you know, someone will try convincing us that coffee mugs and donuts are different objects.

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