Tangle #5 hints and answer, 5 November 2026
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The puzzle
In the year that Berlin’s famous Wall did the opposite of “stayed up”, people celebrated. What was that year, plus the number of walls in this sentence that are still standing (zero), minus the number of times we said “Berlin” after the first time?
💡 Hint 1
The opposite of “stayed up” is “fell”.
💡 Hint 2
Plus zero changes nothing.
💡 Hint 3
“Berlin” only appears once, so subtracting the later mentions subtracts zero.
🧭 The real question
In what year did the Berlin Wall fall?
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