The Fruit Basket

Twenty people went to a party. At the party was a basket filled with twenty apples. At the end of the party, each person took one apple, yet there was still one apple left in the basket.

How could this happen?

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The Fruit Basket Solution

The last person did not take the apple out of the basket; he simply took the basket, with the apple in it. Thus, the basket still contained one apple.

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