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	    <h1> Toothpicks </h1>
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        <img src="toothpick.gif" height="147" width="463" alt="toothpicks"><br/ >
        <p>Lay out 15 toothpicks as shown in the picture. Can you remove six toothpicks 
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        <p>The Answer:</p>
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      <p><small><i>Last updated October 10<sup>th</sup>, 2003</i></small>
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