diff --git a/2024/23/23-1.py b/2024/23/23-1.py
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+from collections import Counter
+import functools
+
+pairs = set()
+trips = set()
+
+def findPossibleHistorianConnections():
+    possibleConnections = 0
+    for triplet in trips:
+        for connection in triplet:
+            firstChar = connection[0]
+            if firstChar == 't':
+                possibleConnections += 1
+                break
+
+    return possibleConnections
+        
+@functools.cache
+def maybeAddTriplet(newTriplet):
+    trips.add(newTriplet)
+
+@functools.cache
+def interconnected(connections):
+    first, second, third = connections
+    rules = [(first, second) in pairs or (second, first) in pairs,
+             (first, third) in pairs or (third, first) in pairs,
+             (second, third) in pairs or (third, second) in pairs]
+             
+    return True if all(rules) else False
+
+
+def makeAllPossibleConnections(pair):
+    first, second = pair
+
+    for otherPair in pairs:
+        if Counter(pair) == Counter(otherPair):
+            continue
+
+        otherFirst, otherSecond = otherPair
+        
+        if otherFirst in [first, second]:
+            connections = (first, second, otherSecond)
+            connectionsSorted = tuple(sorted(connections))
+            if interconnected(connectionsSorted):
+                maybeAddTriplet(connectionsSorted)
+        elif otherSecond in [first, second]:
+            connections = (first, second, otherFirst)
+            connectionsSorted = tuple(sorted(connections))
+            if interconnected(connectionsSorted):
+                maybeAddTriplet(connectionsSorted)
+
+
+    
+
+with open('2024/23/input.txt') as f:
+    for line in f:
+        line = line.strip()
+
+        pairs.add(tuple(line.split('-')))
+
+    print(pairs)
+    print(len(pairs))
+    for i, pair in enumerate(pairs):
+        makeAllPossibleConnections(pair)
+
+    print(len(trips))
+
+    print(findPossibleHistorianConnections())
+    
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diff --git a/2024/23/testinput.txt b/2024/23/testinput.txt
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+kh-tc
+qp-kh
+de-cg
+ka-co
+yn-aq
+qp-ub
+cg-tb
+vc-aq
+tb-ka
+wh-tc
+yn-cg
+kh-ub
+ta-co
+de-co
+tc-td
+tb-wq
+wh-td
+ta-ka
+td-qp
+aq-cg
+wq-ub
+ub-vc
+de-ta
+wq-aq
+wq-vc
+wh-yn
+ka-de
+kh-ta
+co-tc
+wh-qp
+tb-vc
+td-yn
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