Riddle
A man is in a solid metal room. Solid metal floor, ceiling and walls. The ONLY thing in the room is a table. How does he get out?
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Answer
He hits his arm against the wall until it gets saw, he then uses the saw to cut the table in half, he then puts the two pieces of table back together to make a hole, he climbs out the hole and escapes.
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