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Quickly explaining Syrian refugee crisis

You are given a large bowl of 10,000 M&M candies. You are told that 10 of the pieces contain a poison that will kill you, and all the pieces look the same.

How many pieces will you eat?

Raymond Collins

This story was originally published December 6, 2015 at 7:56 PM with the headline "Quickly explaining Syrian refugee crisis."

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