EasyClassic
"I have two faces but only one is shown at a time. I am flipped in moments of indecision. I am small but I built empires. What am I?"
Answer
A Coin
Explanation
A coin has heads and tails — two faces. Flipping a coin is a classic way to make decisions by chance. Throughout history, coinage has been the foundation of entire economies and empires.
This is an easy riddle in the Classic category — Time-honoured riddles passed down through generations.
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