I saw this question. 2 minutes later, it was marked as a duplicate. How is this possible?
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It was spotted very soon after posting by a riddle expert with a 'dupehammer'; their gold tag badge lets them singlehandedly close a question as a duplicate of another one. You can see this when you hover over the badge:
More information about this feature can be found on Meta Stack Exchange: Increase close vote weight for gold tag badge holders. The idea is that users who have solved so many riddles are likely to recognize when one is reposted.
answered May 22, 2020 at 13:41
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2$\begingroup$ Ironically, that question is not actually a riddle and shouldn't have been tagged as such. It is a duplicate, though, so no harm done. $\endgroup$ May 23, 2020 at 16:04