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| | What is a Toothpick Bridge? |
 | | A toothpick bridge exemplifies engineering on a small scale to teach students about structural strength, capacity, resilience, and creativity. |
 | | Besides creating a standing toothpick bridge, they may have to fulfill other requirements such as using just two anchor points, only forming triangles, keeping the bridge only so long, etc. The rules also specify if flat or round toothpicks are allowed, what kind of glue to use, and the limit on the number of toothpicks. |
 | | Building any style of toothpick bridge encourages you to expand your knowledge of tensile strength, torsion or twisting, design, load-bearing, cost management, the difference between compression and tension, weight distribution, etc., whether you are an amateur science student or engineering graduate. |
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