Solving one riddle can be the first step to becoming an FBI special agent.
Matthew Palandra, who goes by @themagicmatt on TikTok, shared a riddle that has people questioning if they should make a career change to crime.
Palandra begins to share the riddle filled with essential details that can make or break your entry to be a special agent.
The riddle starts off with “A man and a woman go out for drinks on their first date.
“It’s a blazing hot summer day, so while the man and the woman are waiting for their meals, they’re both served a glass of ice water.
“The woman is sweating a ton and is extra thirsty, so she chugs down three glasses of ice water right at the start, whereas the man only took sips of his water throughout the meal.
“Later that day, the man texts the woman that he’s violently ill and feels extremely weak.”
“And before midnight, the man is pronounced dead by the police.”
“The woman is brought in for questioning, and it’s found out that both her and the man’s drinks were poisoned.”
Why did the man die but not the woman?
Warning: Spoiler below!
The correct answer is: The poison was in the ice, but since the woman was so thirsty she drank her glass so fast, the ice cubes never had a chance to melt.
Unlike her date, who slowly sipped on his drink as the ice cubes melted away, sending him to his deathbed.
Some people did not pass the smart enough to be a special agent test: “Not me thinking he had heat exhaustion lol and dehydration.”
Another person commented, “I was stuck on how he said they went for drinks but then transitioned to say now they’re waiting for their meals? Maybe I was thinking too hard lmao.”
Over 82,000 people commented on the video, many of them answering it correctly, but one viewer lost interest in applying for the role after seeing how many people knew the answer: “Secret agents are so overrated! 😂”