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Zarel | 4 years ago
The OP mentions curves of constant width:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curve_of_constant_width
Which includes circles and Reuleaux triangles, which are much more difficult to manufacture than circles. I think this can be rounded off to "circles are the only well-known shape that can't fall into a similarly-sized hole".
aaaaaaaaaaab|4 years ago
Still, as I’ve said, there are square-shaped manhole covers too.
http://manhole.co.il