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When it comes to archaeological discoveries, few can match the enduring significance and intrigue of the Rosetta Stone. This artefact came to light when Napoleon’s soldiers stumbled upon it more than 200 years ago. From its discovery, it soon became evident that it was no ordinary stone block....

There are three outcomes to a chess game, winning, losing or a draw. And if you and I were playing against each other, me winning the game means you lose the game, vice versa. Today’s puzzle asks us to find the value of 1000P, where P is the probability that neither Rachel nor Steven is the...

Introductory. To begin with, I am presenting a mosaic made of a tiling puzzle instance. It is composed of sixteen lines. This rectangle is being detailed into several triangular piece-wise entities. For each triangle could be detailed further, and so on. Until sketching a new line ought to break ...

So World of Engineering posted this puzzle online, and since there’s confusion in the comments, I thought I’d clear things up. The situation is simple: we have 5 squares of varying sizes, the smallest of which is 1 by 1 (the unit doesn’t matter here). They ar...

There are many ways we can solve a math problem, one way to try and substitute small or simple values into a given expression. This puzzle involves a functional equation and we have to find what f(2024) is  Here’s a hint: substitute x = 1 and y = 1 … I recommend ...

(MARY)THERE’S SOMETHING WRONG IN JERUSALEM, from YOUR ARMS TO SHORT TO BOX WITH GOD, a Broadway musical. Mary, as in mother of the Son of The Living God, Jesus the Christ is strongly advise to speak to Jesus’ Father. Then as now, I quite agree with this sage advice. As a theologian ( MA ...

Inrecent years, southwestern Iceland, land of geothermal wonders, has witnessed intermittent lava flows from various fissures, raising concerns about a potential eruption. Then, over 1,000 earthquakes were reported over 24 hours on October 25, 2023, on the Reykjanes Peninsula, prompting ques...

I’m no stranger to Match 3 games. One of the first games I ever played on my iPhone 4 was Bejeweled. Later on, I upped the ante and played Candy Crush Saga for a while, but quickly realized I was much more of a fan of Soda Crush from a stylistic perspective. So, wha...

I’m writing this at 5:30 a.m. Why? Because my latest obsession woke me up an hour ago. In January 2022, I was one of the millions instantly smitten with Wordle, the word clue game. At the time it was the perfect level of complexity-accessible enough to solve, but challenging enough I f...