The 17th Century Puzzle That Defies Logic! 🧩 #shorts

Added: 2026-05-16

[00:00:00]Can you take off the red rope? This is a topological puzzle from the 17th century. The two ropes are intertwined.

[00:00:07]And when you try to pull the rope down, it gets wrapped around the green rope, and the rope is not long enough to put the ball inside, which is the first impossibility.

[00:00:17]If we move the rope up, it is also blocked by the two wooden balls at the end, and the green rope is wrapped around the block and cannot be removed, so it is impossible again. So, what is the solution? Now, you will see there are two green ropes, and all we have to do is pick up either green rope and put it into the hole. Then stretch the rope.

[00:00:37]Then put the block into the rope. Then put the green rope back in its original position. Now, you will see that only one green rope is wrapped around the red rope. We repeat the same action again, pick up the other rope, pass it through the red rope hole, stretch the green rope enough for the wooden ball to pass through.

[00:00:57]Then pull the rope back again, and I get the red rope.

[00:01:01]Do you like this puzzle?