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

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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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