Here's puzzle master and logician Raymond Smullyan on the Tonight Show from 1982. It starts a bit awkwardly but gets good around the five minute mark. Smullyan died last week (I posted about it here).
A puzzle from More Problematic Recreations, published by Litton Industries in the early 1960s: A truck, when fully loaded, can carry enough fuel to take it half-way across a barren… READ THE REST
A hydraulic riddle from The Magician's Own Book, published in 1857, challenges readers to connect three fountains to three houses without any pipes crossing. The Fountain Puzzle A is a… READ THE REST
This vintage brain teaser posted to Futility Closet uses geometry to illustrate how wealthy individuals can manipulate access to shared resources. Can you solve it? "Suppose there was a pond,… READ THE REST
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