An old sea captain was found dead inside his locked cabin. The only opening was a small porthole too narrow for a grown adult. The cabin floor was flooded with four inches of seawater. The captain was floating on an inflatable raft, completely dry. How did water get in without him drowning?
The ship was a submarine, or the cabin flooded while the ship was docked and he used the raft as the water level rose.
A rising water level inside a sealed compartment lifts a floating raft safely above the water line.
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