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Statement to Cross This Bridge

A young man walks through the forest. He comes to a bridge. In front of the bridge is a large man carrying an axe.

The man says, “If you want to cross this bridge, you must tell me a statement. If I think the statement is true, you will be strangled to death. If I say the statement is false, your head will be chopped off.”

A few minutes later, the young man walked over the bridge, while the larger man stood pondering. What was the statement the young man had given?

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