Imagine this: you come across this strange sentence while scrolling through the news. “A woman was born in 1975 and died in 1975. She was 22 years old.” It stops you in your tracks. Incomprehensible? Baffling? There’s definitely a catch somewhere… But where? Hold on tight, because this riddle tests our logic, our reflexes, and requires a pinch of imagination. What if the key was simply not thinking the way you usually do?

A riddle that confuses the situation

We all love little logic puzzles: they make us think, they entertain us… or they make our heads spin! This one, in particular, has been circulating the internet for years, causing confusion wherever it goes. And for good reason: appearances can be deceiving.

The opening sentence seems illogical: a woman was born and died in 1975, but would she be 22? Unless you’re a time traveler (and even then!), it seems impossible. So, naturally, we invent explanations. A typo? A different calendar? We’re complicating things… when the answer is much simpler than we think.

The trap that everyone falls into

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