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Puzzle 273 


At the annual BrainBashers puzzle discussion conference, 20 people attended.

At the start of the conference, each person shook hands with every other person, how many handshakes took place in total?

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Puzzle 274 


Two fine fellows were working very hard all day at the local coal mine.

One of the fellows managed to get a really dirty face, but the other fellow managed to stay clean.

When they reached the end of their day and re-joined the surface in the lift, the fellow with the dirty face simply went home, however, the fellow with the clean face rushed off to wash.

Why?

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Puzzle 275 


Which word is the odd one out?
erah reed yenkom tibbar tac tesomram gip

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Puzzle 276 


How many common five letter words can you make from the following letters, using all the letters in each word?
AELST

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