Hi, we've got three stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter in just a few minutes.

I'm Cody Gough.

And I'm Ashley Hamer.

Today you learn about how to solve a famous logic puzzle called The Candle Problem, the only

known Pirate Cemetery in the world,

and why scientists are baffled by a Narwal that was adopted by a pod of Belugas.

Let's satisfy some curiosity on the award-winning Curiosity Daily.

Ready to test your logic skills with a little out-of-the-box thinking?

Today we're going to give you the candle problem,

which was posthumously published by Carl Dunker in 1945.

I'll tell you about the history of this famous problem after you see if you can solve it.

Okay, so here it is. You're in a room with a table pushed against a wall. On the table is a box of thumbtacks,

matches, and a candle.

You must attach the lit candle to the wall in a way that the wax won't drip onto the table or the

floor. How do you complete this task? Okay, so one more time. You're in a room with a table pushed against the wall.

On it is a box of thumbtacks, matches, and a candle. You have to attach the lit candle to the wall in a way that the wax won't drip onto the table or the floor.

How do you complete this task?

Now is the last chance to pause this podcast before we gave you the solution.

Ready?

All right, here's your answer. To complete this

task, you can take the text out of the box, tack the box onto the wall and place the

lit candle inside the box. Ta-da!

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