A security guard reported a break-in at a high-end art gallery. He claimed a thief threw a heavy iron brick through the reinforced double-paned bulletproof glass window. The detective immediately arrested the guard. Why?
A heavy iron brick
Bricks are made of clay, not iron. The guard's fabricated detail exposed his lie.
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