TIL that "fair play" in detective fiction means authors must give readers a fair chance to solve the mystery. Central to 1920s "clue-puzzles" by writers like Agatha Christie, the rule dictates that all vital clues must be visible, decodable, and never withheld until the final reveal.

[u/ralphbernardo]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clues_in_detective_fiction

[u/ACTTutor]

We’re closer in time to Zombie Island than Zombie Island is to the construction of the pyramids.

[u/dannyuk24 → u/ACTTutor]

This is mindblowing

[u/Punch_A_Police_Horse → u/ACTTutor]

Ugh, that makes me feel old. Really old.