Geometry

The main reason is safety: a round cover cannot fall through its own opening. Easier rolling, easier placement and simpler manufacture are secondary reasons.

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It is a theorem that a solid ball can be split into finitely many pieces and reassembled into two balls of the same size. The pieces are non-measurable point sets, so it cannot be done physically.

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