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I reach for the sky, but clutch to the ground; sometimes I leave, but I am always around. What am I?

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A tree.
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An American woman living in Australia was refused a burial in India. Why?

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Living people can't be buried, isn't it!
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The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?

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Footsteps
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Adam is 13 years old in 1980. In 1985 he is 8 years old. How?

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The dates are in BC (Before Christ).
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A ladder hangs over the side of a ship anchored in a port. The bottom rung touches the water. The distance between rungs is 20 cm and the length of the ladder is 180 cm. The tide is rising at the rate of 15 cm each hour. When will the water reach the seventh rung from the top?

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If the tide is raising water, then it is raising the ship on water, too. So water will reach still the first rung.
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Show that half of 5 equals to 4.

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Remove F and E from FIVE IV = 4 (Roman)
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Paul's height is six feet, he's an assistant at a butcher's shop, and wears size 9 shoes. What does he weigh?

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Meet
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Fill in the sequence: 1 5 9 15 ?

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21 Explanation: Position of the vowels a e i o u.
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I have a mouth but I can't speak, I can run but I can't walk. Who am I?

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A River
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Who makes it, has no need of it. Who buys it, has no use for it. Who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What is it?

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A coffin.
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