Three identical statues of a king’s father.
The king tells his daughter: ‘One is the real man, frozen by a curse. Find him.’
She stares for an hour.
A fly lands on each statue in turn.
How does she know which is real?

Q: Three identical statues of a king’s father. The king tells his daughter: ‘One is the real man, frozen by a curse. Find him.’ She stares for an hour. A fly lands on each statue in turn. How does she know which is real?

Only the real man flinches when the fly lands.. The puzzle makes you study the statues; the answer is in the smallest involuntary thing a body can do. Stillness only goes so far.

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Only the real man flinches when the fly lands. — The puzzle makes you study the statues; the answer is in the smallest involuntary thing a body can do. Stillness only goes so far.