Because 6 platonic solids would be too many, and 4 wouldn't be enough
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Euclid was the one who proved that there are only five platonic solids.
We don't know for certain who discovered the platonic solids first. However, Pythagoras is credited by some sources as discovering the platonic solids first. Other sources credit Theaetetus as being the first to describe all five platonic solids and proving that these are the *only* platonic solids.
You probably mean the Platonic Solids, they are the only five shapes constructed from the same faces.
No. There are only five Platonic Solids; Tetrahedron, Hexahedron, Octahedron, Dodecahedron and Icosahedron, with 4,6,8,12 and 20 faces respectively.
Regular: and there are only five of them. They are also knows as the platonic solids.