EasyClassic
"I freeze a moment forever but I am never alive. I show you people who may be long gone. I fade over decades but I never forget. What am I?"
Answer
A Photograph
Explanation
A photograph captures a single instant in time permanently. It can show people long since dead. Physical photographs fade over decades from light and age — yet the moment they captured lives on in them.
This is an easy riddle in the Classic category — Time-honoured riddles passed down through generations.
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