Situation puzzles inspired by real events

Michael manages to get shot; in doing so he saves his own life.

Every day he puts on green lipstick. But almost no one notices it.

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.

The Venezuelan police made a few attempts to arrest a well-known bandit. They knew where he lived. From time to time they got the arrest warrant and approached his house. When they entered the house, he locked in the bedroom. The police had nothing to do but to leave empty-handed.

Over 80 percent of Greenland is covered in ice. But why then it was called Greenland (a green land)?

Why Alexander the Great told his army to shave off their beards?

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

The man was afraid to go home because the man in the mask was there.

A man had lunch at the restaurant, and the waiter brought him his bill. He wrote out a check for the required amount but suddenly turned it over and wrote a few words on the reverse side of the check as congratulations to the restaurant owner. What for?

At the end of the XIX century one american enterpreneur invented a system to withstand competition. This system we all use nowadays.

King George IV was born in 1763 and ruled England from 1820 to 1830 when he died. He wasn’t an outstanding ruler but is known as a footwear trendsetter. His shoes were fundamentally different from those worn by his contemporaries. Everyone liked this innovation so much that today it’s a common practice, which can’t be said about those times. What kind of innovation is it?

At one time, the following warning notices appeared on one of the main squares of Prague, “Attention! Beware of pickpockets!” The local police knew that there really were a lot of pickpockets here, but they actively tore these notices down. Why?