TIL Riddles are a derivative of poetry and were used to teach wit, which was regarded as the ability to think while maintaining multiple perspectives on the topic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riddle#Ancestry



Submitted February 26, 2015 at 07:16PM by timeslinger http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2x8cc6/til_riddles_are_a_derivative_of_poetry_and_were/