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def triples_sum_to_zero(l: list):
"""
triples_sum_to_zero takes a list of integers as an input.
it returns True if there are three distinct elements in the list that
sum to zero, and False otherwise.
>>> triples_sum_to_zero([1, 3, 5, 0])
False
>>> triples_sum_to_zero([1, 3, -2, 1])
True
>>> triples_sum_to_zero([1, 2, 3, 7])
False
>>> triples_sum_to_zero([2, 4, -5, 3, 9, 7])
True
>>> triples_sum_to_zero([1])
False
"""
n = len(l)
for i in range(n):
for j in range(i + 1, n):
for k in range(j + 1, n):
if l[i] + l[j] + l[k] == 0:
return True
return False