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A Lot to Think About
By Luckbox
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What’s the number of the parking place with the question mark?
The image above went viral on social media last year because so many people couldn’t figure it out. But the riddle is straightforward: What’s the number of the parking space? That may sound simple, but the question stumped almost everyone who’s considered it, including some of us at Luckbox.
The riddle was posted in September 2023 on X, formerly Twitter, and attracted more than 10 million views and 20,000 replies.
Find the answer in the latest issue of Luckbox on p. 55: The Auto Trader Issue.
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