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TIL of the Malaysian version of rock paper scissors called One Two Som which uses Rock, Water and Bird. Water is a stretched out palm (same as paper), but a Bird is represented by all five finger tips held together to form a bird beak. Rock kills Bird, Bird drinks Water, and Water sinks Rock.

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