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As you can see, the Konigsberg bridge graph has 4 vertices of odd degree.
There is only an Euler path if a graph has either 0 or 2 vertices of odd degree. If there are two odds, then you will start the path at one, and end it at another; if there are no odd vertices, then you will start and end at the same vertex (and create what is called an Euler cycle).
New definition: Planar graphs are graphs that can be drawn such that no two edges intersect. Which of our complete graphs are planar?
These will not be things buried in the text, but that were out in the open. If you've read them, you should know them. Nonetheless, it wouldn't hurt to review them.
If there were an odd number of odd vertices, the total degree of the graph would be odd -- but it can't be.