Inspector Lane walked into a freezing cabin where an explorer sat wrapped in blankets. The explorer claimed he had been trapped inside by a massive snowdrift blocking the only outward-opening door for five days without food. Lane pointed to the ceiling fan spinning slowly on low and arrested the explorer for trespassing. Why?
There was no electricity in the remote cabin, or ceiling fans don't run in freezing cabins.
A cabin trapped in a snowdrift for five days without power would not have a functioning ceiling fan running. The running fan proved someone had recently turned the power on and was living comfortably inside.
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