General Riddles

The captain of a ship was telling this interesting story: "We traveled the sea far and wide. At one time, two of my sailors were standing on opposite sides of the ship. One was looking west and the other one east. And at the same time, they could see each other clearly." How can that be possible?
The marines were standing back against the sides of the ship so they were looking at each other. It does not matter where the ship is (of course it does not apply to the North and South Pole).

I am soft and transparent. I am so small that you can keep me on your fingers. I have no light but I help you to see the beautiful world. I improve your vision only when I come in contact with you. Who am I?
Contact Lens

How can you lift a hippopotamus with one hand?
You won't find a hippo having one hand!

Find the missing number: 6 13 25 51 101 ?
203 Explanation: 6x2+1=13 13x2-1=25 25x2+1=51 51x2-1=101 101x2+1=203

Find the odd one out: level, civic, madam, eye, mouth
Mouth. Explanation: All the words except "mouth" are palindromes (reads the same backward and forward).

How can you write 23 using the number 2 only 4 times? You can use addition, subtraction, division, multiplication.

If NUMERAL is written as UEALRMN then how would you write ALGEBRA?

I am a 7 letter word. I become longer when my third letter is removed. Who am I?

Fill in the sequence: 1 5 9 15 ?
21 Explanation: Position of the vowels a e i o u.

I am so fragile that even if anybody says my name I break. Who am I?

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