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Saturday, April 20
Ted Whalen is really into the six-pointed star of the Chicago flag. We wrote about his first foray into the star's geometry last year around this time; he recently investigated its design further, based on a mention of the original city flag, which had only two stars. (Thanks, Phineas.)