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the question that gets better the longer it refuses to answer.

means Something that is unknown, unexplained, or kept secreta puzzle whose answer hasn't surfaced yet.

from From the Greek 'mystērion,' a secret rite or hidden truth, tied to 'mystēs' — one who has been initiated, and behind that the verb 'myein,' to close the eyes or shut the lips. The image is bodily: a mystery is something you keep your mouth shut about. It passed through Latin 'mysterium' into Old French and English, gathering its modern sense of the unsolved and the unexplained along the way. (The 'whodunit' meaning is a much later, literary twist.)

word originFrom Greek mysterion, secret rites you swore not to reveal
genre powerDetective fiction is publishing's most reliably profitable category
brain cravingUnsolved puzzles activate the same circuits as addiction
oldest cold caseJack the Ripper still unidentified after 135 years
box officeAgatha Christie outsells everyone but the Bible and Shakespeare
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