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Gumdrop and toothpick tower building challenge

The rules were, the base of the tower has to fit on a 8 1/2" square of paper (the paper could be cut into multiple pieces if wanted so that each part of the base fits on it). Whoever builds the tallest, freestanding, tower out of gum drops and toothpicks at the end wins. At first everything seems stable, but after a certain height it deforms uncontrollably, which is exactly what I was going for. M went for a 3D grid. T built a « ring » with triangles worked in in the horizontal plane. After...
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