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I cannot speak but I tell everything. I am not a tree but I have leaves. I have hinges but I am neither a door nor a window. Who am I?

Complete the sequence: 4, 7, 15, 29, 59, 117 ?
235 Explanation: 4+3=7 7+4x2=15 15+7x2=29 29+15x2=59 59+29x2=117 117+59x2=235

When is a man drowned, but still not wet?
When he's trapped in quicksand.

You can find me in the middle of each month in all the countries. You can always find me only in the night but never in the day.
The alphabet "N".

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

I have a mouth but I can't speak, I can run but I can't walk. Who am I?

I am a six letter word. Subtract one letter and twelve will remain. Who am I?

There are a few trees in a garden. On one of them, a pear tree, there are pears (quite logical). But after a strong wind blew, there were neither pears on the tree nor on the ground. How come?
At first, there were 2 pears on the tree. After the wind blew, one pear fell on the ground. So there where no pears on the tree and there were no pears on the ground.

What is it that's always coming but never arrives?
Tomorrow.

Adam is 13 years old in 1980. In 1985 he is 8 years old. How?
The dates are in BC (Before Christ).

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