EasyModern
"I am a letter without paper, delivered without a postman, and arrive in an instant. I am read but I am never touched. What am I?"
Answer
An Email
Explanation
An email is a digital message — no paper, no postman required. It arrives almost instantaneously anywhere in the world. It is read on screen but is never physically handled.
This is an easy riddle in the Modern category — Riddles with a contemporary, technology-age twist.
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