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Explain Like I'm Five

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[–] kaitco@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

The human hand naturally curves into a circular shape when closed.

Squeezing anything in a hand will naturally form a ball shape. This will occur with anything, but paper is more readily available and crumples easily.