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A mirror of events
This is where yesterday follows tomorrow, departure follows arrival, front follows back, start follows end, past follows future and even life follows death.
What is it?
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The bigger I am, the less I will hold. Who or What am I?
What am I?
The bigger I am, the less I will hold. No one else would be so bold.
I get comfy in the car, as we travel real far.
I used to get used a whole lot. Now, nobody gives a squat.
It's clear when I fail, you'll hear folks wail.
I was…
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From an IQ exam: What does this say?
From an IQ exam:
What does this say? ↑ → ← ↓
(Edited from ↑ ← → ↓ ; see my explanation in Deusovi's answer below. I'll be going now.)
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What's the next symbol in this sequence
I came up with this puzzle the other day. It may not too original or particularly challenging, but I thought it could be fun.
What's the next symbol in this sequence? (There's also a hint in here somewhere)
$ { \large \prime \prime } \qquad
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Add a letter to make this true
Add a letter to make this true.
Please retain the = sign. (I consider solutions involving ≠, for example, to be trivial)
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Make 2 dice out of 3 dice
This question was first posted by standupmaths on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHh0ui5mi_E
He already got some answers but I think this community can probably find a better answer.
Imagine you have 3 indistinguishable 6-sided dice inside…
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Musical message from a long-lost uncle
Can you help my friend figure out how the message below from her long-lost uncle indicates anything?
(I should mention here: The actual message was lost, and the text below is the best that could be reconstructed.)
La-Fa-Sol-Do-Re
Ti-Fa-Sol-Do-Re …
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How should the hexagon be coloured?
Given the colours and banding of the first four rectangles, how should you colour the hexagon, and why?
There's a single, unambiguous solution (ignoring symmetry), which will be obvious when found. Nothing is hidden in the image, you could print…
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Cryptic Poem: a study in what?
One day, while you work through one of your countless puzzle books, you notice that a sheet of paper has been slipped inside with a curious little poem written on it.
A Study
An ancient man demolished his estate,
And therefore, with enthusiasm…
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What's the password?
War has broken out in the kingdom. The king's castle is guarded pretty heavily, by guards with instructions to kill anyone who can't produce the correct password.
Unbeknownst to the guards, the beggar near the main gate is in fact an enemy spy. He…
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Winnie-the-Pooh and the 27 honey pots
Winnie-the-Pooh keeps his $27$ honey pots in the larder.
Each pot contains up to $1$ kilogram of honey, and different pots
contain different quantities of honey.
All $27$ pots together contain $17$ kilogram of honey.
Every day, Winnie-the-Pooh…
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Is there a proof that a map of the United States requires 4 colors?
The Four color theorem states that no more than four colors are required for any map. Can it be proved or disproved that 3 colors can be used for United States map?
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The strange SMS
I was talking with a friend via SMS when suddently, he sent me a strange message :
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I asked what was going on but he didn't answer me ...
Can someone help me, what…
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What does this Java main() method represent?
The main() method in the following Java program is a text rebus. What does it represent?
import java.util.*;
import java.awt.geom.*;
public class WhatDoesMainRepresent {
private static HashSet hashSet = new HashSet();
private…
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