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Pools of Water
Situation
Situation puzzles (sometimes called lateral thinking puzzles) are ones where you need to ask lots of yes or no questions to figure out what happened in the situation. These are good puzzles for groups where one person knows the puzzle and answers the questions.Situation
A strange, but short-lived, phenomenon baffled employees of pubs and clubs in Camden, North London. Pools of water appeared under the cigarette-vending machines.
What do you think had happened?
What do you think had happened?
Hint
Was somebody's action responsible for the pools of water?Yes
Answer
An organised street gang of youngsters had discovered an ingenious method to steal thousands of cigarettes, by freezing water into ice coins of a size which triggered the dispensing mechanism of the older style vending machines that relied purely on size and weight of coins to work.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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