The Deadly Party
From Mycoted
A man went to a party and drank some of the punch. He then left early. Everyone else at the party who drank the punch subsequently died of poisoning. Why did the man not die?
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| He drank as much punch as those who drank it later and died ....
The poison had been in the punch bowl all the time .... | |
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The poison in the punch came from the ice cubes. When the man drank the punch the ice was fully frozen. Gradually it melted, poisoning the punch. | |