Gina is actually a fictional character based on a model who starred in a 1970s ad campaign for a Brazilian brand of toothpicks called Rela Gina.

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In order to create those aquatic noises, designers stirred a rubber bowl of water and scratched wet plates with toothpicks hundreds of times until the perfect tone was found.

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You see, just when it looked like the bulls were in trouble and most technical indicators were snapping like toothpicks, the bulls found a way to rebound when nothing horrific happened in Fukishima, Japan.

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The problem, as Mr. Salzberg will be quick to point out, is that those studies concluded it did not matter where needles were placed or even when toothpicks were used (as in the U.S. study).

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She returned to Austria with a brother and sister, and lived for many years selling carpets, before taking up painting at the age of 56 - reportedly often using her fingers or toothpicks as her painting implements.

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Dozens of rocking chairs adorn front porches where diners idle while waiting for tables and others chew on toothpicks and bask in the afterglow of a plate of biscuits and gravy, chicken-fried steak or similar country-themed cuisine.

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