A museum curator claimed that a thief used a glass cutter to silently remove a circular pane of glass from a display case at midnight. Detective Ford inspected the circular glass piece found lying on the floor inside the case and arrested the curator for lying. Why?
The glass piece fell inward
When cutting a circle of glass from the outside, the piece falls inward into the case unless supported. Since it was lying inside, it proved the cut was made from the inside out, exposing an inside job.
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