This Toothpick Puzzle Is Confusing And Hard To Solve

People are constantly trying to expand their knowledge. There's a very good reason we're often seeking to acquire more knowledge and that's usually because we don't like not knowing things. It's as simple as that. The unknown is often considered frightening (have you ever truly thought about space?), and we as people combat that by learning. Or, you know, people just like to be smarter than the next person and always like to be right about things. Yeah, it probably has something to do with always being right... What better way to show your smarts than to crush a really hard brain teaser?

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Remember, there's no honor in cheating a puzzle!

So, let's get started. The puzzle requires some kind of straight-edged item. The item, usually toothpicks, are then placed like so:

Don't have toothpicks? Matches are just one of many alternatives!

So, what's the objective? Try to turn these four squares into three squares (not rectangles) with three moves.

No more, no less, and they must all remain connected. Continue reading for the solution.

Have you figured it out yet? If not, don't sweat it! 

For the first move, grab the toothpick from the top-left side and place it horizontally beside the bottom-left square (realistically, you can do it from any side).

Next, bring the top piece of the top-left square down to the bottom-right side. Starting to see it come together?

You can see where the square is going to be, but how are you going to get the final square in? I know, this is magical.

Grab the piece from what used to be the bottom-middle square and finish the bottom-right square. Voila!

For a comparison, here is what the square initially looked like!

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