Situation puzzles inspired by real events

He died because he mixed up the colors.

Michael applaused, and everyone in the room (except him) died. What happened?

Jack goes on a trip with his compass. After a long walk, he stops to eat a sandwich. He is not able to find his way back afterwards.

On a beautiful road, there’s a bus stop that is fully operational. However, no public transport stops there. Why?

One day Mark hid his watch. What for?

The German police was totally confused. Over the course of 15 years, the same person had been stealing, killing, and driving away. By 2008, they had spent 14 thousand working hours and over 15 million euros to find the criminal but failed. How did it happen? This is a true story.

In some city an amount of people injured in car accidents was very high. Then it was decided by administration to make the using of seat belts oblidatory. People started to obey this rule. But the amount of crash accidents remained the same. Moreover, the number of injured people who addressed to the hospital even increased.

A hospital director recently confirmed that many that many of people admitted to his hospital were not ill at all. They were perfectly healthy, yet were given hospital care and treatment.

Students are taking an exam at military academy. One of them chooses a ticket and goes to his seat to get prepared. After some minutes he goes to the professor, silently gives him the student's record-book and leaves the classroom. The student got the excellent.

George was late for a math class and misunderstood the teacher. This brought him a reward and recognition! What happened?

Landlords used to delay payment to people who built and repaired houses or even booted them out without money. But the builders came up with an uncommon move, which immediately made the landlords pay them in full. What did they do?

Tim is sailing his boat when his watch falls overboard. He is a great diver. However, he does not manage to retrieve the watch.