A man is found dead in the desert holding half a matchstick. There are no footprints nearby. What happened?
Hint: Several people drew straws.
He was in a sinking hot-air balloon. The passengers drew matches to decide who jumped, and he drew the short one.
No footprints means he arrived from above. The broken match suggests a lottery, which points to a balloon that needed to lose weight.
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