# is a starburst REALLY a cube?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-starburst-really-a-cube/275811>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 20, 2004, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-starburst-really-a-cube/275811 "2004-11-20T07:56:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-starburst-really-a-cube/275811/21 "2004-11-21T05:48:42Z")

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Is a Starburst a cube?

To a mathematician, no.

To the average candy buyer…well, yeah, probably.

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