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Two Truths and a Lie (Etymology Edition)

The word “sad” originally meant to be “satisfied,” and the two words share the same root. Over time, their meanings diverged until they came to represent almost opposite feelings. Although, if you have ever completed a great book, defeated the final boss in a video game, or closed a chapter of your life - like graduating - you know it’s possible to feel both satisfied and sad.

The usage of the word “tip” in context of restaurant tipping comes from shortening the phrase “To Insure Prompt service.” It was supposedly used as code for an under-the-table bribe to get faster service.

The word “sideburns” comes from Sir General Ambrose Burnside, pictured -

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POKÉMON HAND GAME

A Rock-Paper-Scissors type hand game but with real Pokémon type advantages! This is the only subset of 5 types where each type uniformly has two advantages and two types that have an advantage over it.

Rock beats Ice and Fire; Ice beats Ground and Grass; Ground beats Fire and Rock; Fire beats Grass and Ice; Grass beats Rock and Ground.

I wrote a computer program to identify subsets of 5 (and 7, 9, 11) but this combination proved to be the only one that emerged as a valid option for a fair hand game.

The game builds on the concept of Rock-Paper-Scissors-Lizard-Spock but is much easier to remember, as it draws on existing familiar knowledge of type advantages. (Alternatively, memorizing this diagram can help you recall type advantages since the consistent structure makes it easy to visualize and logically deduce each one.)

"Rock smashes Ice, Ice erodes Ground, Ground extinguishes Fire, Fire burns Grass, Grass breaks down Rock, Rock dampens Fire, Fire melts Ice, Ice frostbites Grass, Grass roots into Ground, and as it always has Ground overwhelms Rock"

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VEXILLOLOGY CROSSWORD

It's a cross...word? More of a crosscolor with this one! It's flags this time! Specifically, flags and their stripe colors.

Test your flag knowledge! All the best.

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Here is a Pokémon Sudoku! I used all my last brain cells, and somehow graph theory/discrete mathematics, to make this one. And a few weekends. 

Here is the full resolution version: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BcxGXLY-joL9cU0HQcs8eEwYjHlNeUEz/view?usp=drive_link

Rules:

All cells must be filled with dual type Pokémon that match the cell description and constraints.

Here are the rules to a regular sudoku. In this^ puzzle, no row, column or box contains the same type twice, and each of the 18 types are contained in every row, column and box. 18 types and 9 dual-type cells. 

If a cell says GEN 2, that means the Pokémon was introduced in Gen 2. (And yes, Arceus is Gen 8)

Pokémon can be repeated, and are repeated intentionally. 

Megas, variants, forms, etc. are fair game. 

Here are the smaller-font riddles written out:

A2 - Bulbasaur (anchor for the coordinate system format)

B6 - Gen 3, Gems 6, Weaknesses none (until type 18, which retconned #36 and introduced 72)

F4 - Stay safe Drednaw; stay safe Aegislash; watch out Swoobat

i2 - Gotta catch all ‘em z’s [sleep emoji]

C5 - EL: el without the en

Hints: 

C8 - Born after Spinarak, yet perished before,Eight plumes that never took to soar.

Unevolved in shell and sprite, I thought I had bid goodnight.

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I would recommend figuring out the type combinations first before attempting to solve the riddles and cell constraints since the latter might be vague and only fully reveal itself once you have narrowed down the type. The type information (via sudoku) and the riddle work in tandem to narrow in on a Pokémon.

I will also answer any questions you might have!

Best of luck!