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Here is an assertion regarding a certain type of polygon. Fact or fiction?
You may weigh in, but a correct answer simply decrypts the assertion:

001133445566778899
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVXYZ
451
Albert and Edward
~2.598076211353316xsxs
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The claim is:

No two snowflakes are alike.

001133445566778899

NO TWOS – 22 is missing from the digit pairs.

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVXYZ

NO W – the W is missing from the alphabet.

451

F as in Farenheit. "Fahrenheit 451" is a novel by Ray Bradbury named by the temperature at which paper starts to burn.

Albert and Edward

These are LAKES in Africa linked by the Semliki river.

~2.598076211353316xsxs

AREA. The formula is the area of a hexagon dependent on its side s:
A = 3⁄2 √3 · s² ≈ 2.598076211 · s²

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LIKE as in the thumbs-up / +1 buttons in social media.

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