Save Yourself

A prisoner is told: "If you tell a lie, we will hang you and if you tell the truth, we will shoot you." What did the prisoner say to save himself?




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A time in which your lot is cast.

My second is my first of space
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Rule 1: One needs to eat at least one candy.
Rule 2: One cannot eat more than 5 candies.

The one that eats the last candy will lose. Snow won the toss and needs to start. How many candies must Snow earn to make sure that he wins the bet?

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Can you find the thief by just looking at the picture below?

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There is a cryptic organization called Cicada 3301 that posts challenging puzzles online, possibly to recruit codebreakers and linguists.