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         Normand  Veilleux

From this came the idea to make a real ASCII puzzle for all thoseASCII art
fans out there.  So, here is a small puzzle that only contains 22 pieces.
Don't laugh, putting it back together is a lot harder than you might think
at first.  All pieces are different and the goal is to assemble them to
produce a rectangle of this size:

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