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Aug 19, 2024 · I am invisible, yet I make things clear, I can be shallow or deep, bringing distant things near. In silence, I speak, and in stillness, I show, reflecting both light and the darkness below. Without...

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Sep 3, 2014 · You are a prisoner in a room with 2 doors and 2 guards. One of the doors will guide you to freedom and behind the other is a hangman–you don't know which is which, but the guards do know. …

Mar 9, 2015 · This one comes from this week's Brooklyn Nine-Nine episode! There is an island with 12 islanders. All of the islanders individually weigh exactly the same amount, except for one, who either …

Jan 7, 2026 · This is NOT a general tag for all puzzles that are somehow indirect. A riddle gives indirect clues about an unnamed object or concept to be identified, often in a poem format.

Oct 23, 2023 · Here's a simple riddle I remembered from a long time ago: On a trip to the Sahara desert, you spot two penguins canoeing through the sand. You hear the first penguin ask, "Where's …

The events just give you the option to scramble other kinds of twisty puzzles. 333 indicates a 3x3x3 (standard) cube. The other numbers are other dimensions, and the suffixes apply special conditions …

Here is what I think is the "correct" answer to the riddle. First empty the box of thumbtacks, put the candle into the box, use the thumbtacks to nail the box (with the candle in it) to the wall, and light the …

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