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You eat something you neither plant nor plow. It is the son of water, but if water touches it, it dies.

Two handsome racers are having a race. One keeps lapping the other and the race never ends. What am I?

How can you express the number 100 using the same digit six times?

What has cities, but no houses; forests, but no trees; and water, but no fish?

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?

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When is a man drowned, but still not wet?

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When he's trapped in quicksand.

Mr. & Mrs. Smith went for a picnic. Mrs. Smith has 5 sons and each son has a sister who has 5 daughters each of whom have 1 brother each. How many of them went for the picnic?

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2 people. Explanation: The puzzle only says that Mr. and Mrs. Smith went for a picnic. It does not say that the others accompanied them.

A tunnel is 650m long. How far can a horse run into the tunnel if the horse is running at a speed of 10km/hr?

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325m Explanation: After that the horse is running out of the tunnel.

I am very fragile. I crack easily. If you cry in front of me, I too start crying. If you smile at me, then I too smile back. Who am I?

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Mirror

I am white in color. You can't see me in water. I am appreciated if only added in the right measure. Who am I?

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Salt

Which creature walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?

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Man. He crawls on all fours as a baby, then walks on two feet as an adult, and then walks with a cane as an old man.

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

Feed me and I live, yet give me a drink and I die.

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Fire.

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

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LERABGA

There are 17 pigeons sitting in a row on a wall. A boy shoots the fifth pigeon. How many pigeons remain?

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None. Explanation: They all fly away at the sound of the gunshot.

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