What can be heard but never seen, can be loud but causes no sound, and can be felt but not touched?
Category: Brain Teasers · Difficulty: hard
Hint: Consider the absence of noise.
Answer
Silence
Explanation
Silence can be perceived as a presence in a room, felt in the atmosphere, and it can be deafening, yet it cannot be physically grasped.
This is a hard brain teasers riddle — a tricky one that takes a little thought. The answer is Silence.
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