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- ↑ "About National Toothpick Holder Collectors' Society". National Toothpick Holder Collectors' Society. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- ↑ The National Toothpick Holder Collectors' Society
- ↑ Have I Got News For You Episode at the Internet Movie Database