Test your skills of deduction with the July 2025 edition of Riddle Me This: The Bird that Broke the Camel’s Back
A 1-ton truck must cross a bridge that can hold no more than 1 ton. The truck is empty but barely weighs 1 ton. As it’s halfway across the bridge, a bird weighing 20 grams lands on it. Will the bridge collapse?
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Is this even a riddle?
How many pounds are in barely a ton?
…now if the bird would have landed on an electric truck………
Structural engineers design to bending not failure. 2000 pounds plus 20grams will not overload a 1-ton bridge to failure.
Barely a ton? No mention of safety factors? Do you know your audience?
An African or European Swallow?