Toothpick

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A toothpick is a piece of wood or other substance such as plastic used to remove detritus (or food) from the teeth, usually after a meal. A toothpick usually has one or two sharp ends to insert between teeth.

[edit] Sports

The toothpick is the centerpiece for a pool game simply called toothpick. Players pick teams and one player dives to the bottom of the pool, placing the toothpick somewhere on the pool floor. The object of the game is to be the first to see the toothpick as it rises out of the water and grab it while jumping in before anyone else can. A player has to catch it in the air as they may not swim around for it or move their arms in the water to find it. A player can have multiple chances at it if they get out of the pool and jump again. Players from opposite teams can play defense against the other by boxing them out but can not push the other player into the pool or hold him back from jumping. However, a player can push an opposing player while he is in the air in order to change his flight path and miss the toothpick.

[edit] Trivia

The American state of Maine claims to be the toothpick capital of the world, producing "90% of the country's toothpick supply." ^{[citation needed]}
The toothpick is claimed to be the object Americans most often choke on. ^{[citation needed]}
The toothpick may be made out of plastic, wood, or in recent cases, rubber.
Toothpicks may come in a variety of colors.
Joe Pesci is an avid toothpick fan.
Sylvester Stallone's character in the movie Cobra always had a Matchstick jutting out his mouth.
A toothpick is a slang name for a very narrow pointed boat.
A Spanish toothpick (also called toothpick bishop-weed or bisnaga) is an umbelliferous plant (Ammi visnaga) whose hardened rays of the umbel are used as toothpicks.
A toothpick is also a BMX trick. It is a stall/grind performed on the front peg/axle only.
Paleontologists have found evidence of toothpick use by 600,000 year old hominids.
Wonko the Sane, a character in So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish claimed that the instructions on a packet of toothpicks was definitive proof that the world had gone insane.
Former WWE Wrestler Scott Hall, then known as Razor Ramon, would flick a toothpick at the camera at the end of interviews and during confrontations with his opponents.