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7 Puzzles That Will Test Your Mental Skills

MindYourDecisions via YouTube

Overview

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Test your mental skills with this 25-minute video featuring seven challenging puzzles from MindYourDecisions. Challenge yourself to solve puzzles including counting ducks, calculating tricycles, finding a car in boxes, solving a pixel problem, the famous pill puzzle (starting at 10:12), and a circle area geometry problem. Scoring all 7 puzzles classifies you as a genius, 4-6 as great, and 0-3 means you should subscribe and try again. Each puzzle is clearly timestamped: puzzle 1 (0:00), puzzle 2 (1:25), puzzle 3 (3:36), puzzle 4 (6:16), puzzle 5 (7:34), puzzle 6 (10:11), and puzzle 7 (14:12). The video includes references to original sources for each puzzle and links to the creator's books, social media, and support options.

Syllabus

How many can you solve? ➡️10:12 skip to 4 pills puzzle
0:00 puzzle 1
1:25 puzzle 2
3:36 puzzle 3
6:16 puzzle 4
7:34 puzzle 5
10:11 puzzle 6 pill puzzle
14:12 puzzle 7

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