programming is hard

>> a = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10]
=> [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
>> Hash[ *a ]
=> {5=>6, 1=>2, 7=>8, 3=>4, 9=>10}
>> 
?>   b = [ [1,2], [3,4], 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 ]
=> [[1, 2], [3, 4], 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
>> Hash[ *b ]
=> {5=>6, [1, 2]=>[3, 4], 7=>8, 9=>10}