What Is The Most Efficient Way To Stack Orbs?

Imagine you're playing with marbles, and you want to put as many as possible into a jar without making it messy. The best way is like a honeycomb, each marble fits snugly next to the others, so there's no extra space left. This is called sphere packing.

If you think about how bees make their hives or how oranges are stacked in a grocery store, they use this clever pattern too. It’s one of nature’s favorite tricks for fitting things tightly.

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  1. Stacking marbles in a jar
  2. How oranges are arranged in a grocery store
  3. Beehives and honeycombs

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