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Do Not Tap on the Glass

A man works at an aquarium. Every day he spends a large chunk of his time trying to stop people from tapping on the glass at the shark tank. Finally, fed up with it, he comes up with a solution. The solution works perfectly, the next day no one taps on the glass. However, he is fired for it. 

What was the man’s solution?

Aquariam worker's solution on people tapping on the glass.


Read here that solution! 

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'Reward' For 'Creative' Solution


But what made to use some creativity? 

The man did just a little trick. He painted a crack on the glass. Now people visiting stopped tapping on the glass with fear that it would break. But in that attempt man made the aquarium to look terrible & unsafe! Hence fired!

When creativity is used at the wrong place...
 

Motivated Man in Depression

A man in depression decided to commit suicide. He started walking along a railway track when he spotted an express train speeding towards him. Suddenly he changes his mind & decides not to suicide. To avoid it, he jumped off the track, but before he jumped he ran ten feet towards the train. 

Why?

Motivated depressed man

Why did he do so? Click here to know! 

Logical Move By Depressed Man


Why his life was in danger? 

Since the man was firm on his decision of ending his life he started to walk on a railway bridge. By doing that, he made sure no body would save him & even if he falls in river, the death is sure as he didn't know swimming. After crossing the bridge more than half way, he changed his mind. Now by running back wouldn't be feasible option as train was speeding towards him at greater speed. Only way to save life was cross the bridge before train hits him.

Hence he ran 10 feet towards the train & jumped off the track thereby to save his life.


That move was neccessary to save his life!

'The Wisest Son'

Once an old called his three sons. He gave them equal money and ask them to buy something that can fill their living room entirely. He told them that he will give all his money and property to the son who is able to do this task as asked.
The first son buys sticks and tries to fill the room but he falls short of sticks. The second son buys straw but he also falls short of filling the room. The third son buys only two things and he is able to fill the room completely and thus earns all the property and money.

What did he buy?

Test to find the wisest son

Here is what did he buy! 

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The Wisest Son Deserves Rewards


What was the condition? 

The third son was very wise to choose his option (like you did while choosing to read this blog). There are two/three possible things that he might have bought.

1. He bought a candle & match box. Just ignited that candle in room & light filled in entire room.

2. He just bought perfume & sprayed in room. The smell of perfume occupied the entire room. 

 The test passed by the wisest son!
 

Terrible Dream Leading To Death - Puzzle

Two brothers were watching a horror film on video late one night. One brother dozed off and dreamed that he was being chased by the crazy man from the movie, who was trying to kill him. In the dream, he hid in a cupboard. There was no sound except his heart pounding, and he had no idea where his crazed captor was. He was terrified! At that moment, the video finished, and his brother put his hand on the shoulder of his sleeping sibling to wake him. The shock at that tense moment was enough that the sleeping brother suffered a massive heart attack and died instantly. True or false?


Is the claim made true or false?

Know here reality! 

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Script Writer of Terrible Dream Story!


What was the incident? 

Just a little lateral thinking required to crack that puzzle.

If that brother was died immediately after his brother put hand on his shoulder then how who wrote about his dream in detail? Hence the incident of death due to massive heart attack is totally fake one! Only possible way to know anybody about died brother's dream is the died brother himself coming in his dream & tell the entire story of what happened on that night. 

Who is Script Writer of Terrible Dream Story?

The Man in The Photograph

A man is looking at a photograph of someone. His friend asks who it is.

The man replies, 'Brothers and sisters, I have none. But that man's father is my father's son'.

 
Who is in the photograph?


The man replies, 'Brothers and sisters, I have none. But that man's father is my father's son'.


Know here the relationship between! 

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Relation With The Man in Photograph


What was the incident? 

The person in photograph is the man's son. Since the man doesn't have any 

brothers or sisters, the statement my father's son is himself. A shortened 

version would be this man's father is myself; so he is the father of the man in

the picture.

The person in the photo is his son..

A Most Unusual Paragraph

This is an unusual paragraph. I’m curious as to just how quickly you can find 
out what is so unusual about it. It looks so ordinary and plain that you would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is highly unusual though. Study it and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out. Try to do so without any coaching.


This is certainly unusual! 

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This is The Unusual Thing!


What was the unusual? 

Well, you will not find anything wrong grammatically there neither you won't find any spelling mistake in entire paragraph. The letter 'e' is one of the most common letter used in English language. If you carefully observe the letter 'e' never appears in the paragraph.


Which Door First?

While driving his car a man slams on the brakes when he sees, in the middle of the street, a diamond studded door, a gold door and a silver door. 

Which door does he open first?

Which door should I choose first?
Which door should I choose?


This should be first one! 

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This Should Be First Door!


What's the situation? 

To open any other door he need to get out of the car & for that first he needs to open the door of the car.

The car's door must be first door to open!

"Thanks,You're Fired!"

A man is leaving on a business trip and stops by his office on the way to the airport. The night watchman stops him and says, "Sir, don't take that flight. I had a dream last night that your plane would crash and everyone would die!" The business man cancels his trip and sure enough, the plane crashes, killing all the passengers. The man gives his watchman a $10,000 reward for saving his life, then fires him. Why?

The illogical looking decision by employer

That's why! 

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This Is Not Allowed On Duty


What exactly happened? 

The man awarded $10000 obviously for saving his life. The duty of night watchman is to keep watch on office at night not to sleep & dream.

That's why he fires the watchman.

Night watchman paying for sleeping on the duty!

'The Slowest Race' Brain Teaser

An Arab sheik is old and must will his fortune to one of his two sons. He makes a proposition. His two sons will ride their camels in a race, and whichever camel crosses the finish line LAST will win the fortune for its owner. During the race, the two brothers wander aimlessly for days, neither willing to cross the finish line.

In desperation, they ask a wise man for advice. He tells them something; then the brothers leap onto the camels and charge toward the finish line.

What did the wise man say?

The slowest is the winner in the race

This is what he said! 

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Winning 'The Slowest Race'


Why was wise man asked? 


The wise man asked the brothers to switch camels. Now every brother tried

hard to make other brother's camel a winner! 

Trick to be fair in the slowest race
     Wise Man's Advice

Being Alive After Lift Crash Landing? - Puzzle

A lift is on the ground floor. There are four people in the lift including me.When the lift reaches first floor, one person gets in and three people get out.The lift goes up to the second floor, 2 people get out 6 people get in.It then goes up to the next floor up, no-one gets out but 12 people get in. Halfway up to the next floor up the lift cable snaps, it crashes to the floor.

Everyone else dies in the lift. How did I survive?


Living alive after lift crash landing
  
This is how did I! 

Escape from Crash Landed Lift


This was the incident. 

Read carefully once again, in journey from 1st to 2nd floor there are only 2 

people in the lift. At 2nd floor, 2 people get out that means it includes me   

as well. This is how I survived.

Escape from crash landing lift
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