Riddles may appear to be just for fun, but they can be a true intellectual exercise. Indeed, research shows that stimulating your brain can improve your processing speed, planning, and decision-making abilities, as well as your short-term memory. Can you detect your partner’s infidelity in his car?

And we can still recall the thrill of solving a particularly difficult puzzle on our own. From helping you relax and unwind to training you to recognize and analyze the smallest of details, puzzles have been all around us for our entertainment for centuries!