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What comes twice in a week, once in a year, but never in a month or a day?
The Letter 'E'.

I can be long, or I can be short. I can be grown, and I can be bought. I can be painted, or left bare. I can be round, or I can be square. What am I?
Fingernails.

Two children, who were all tangled up in their reckoning of the days of the week, paused on their way to school to straighten matters out. "When the day after tomorrow is yesterday," said Priscilla, "then 'today' will be as far from Sunday as that day was which was 'today' when the day before yesterday was tomorrow!" On which day of the week did this puzzling prattle occur?
The two children were so befogged over the calendar that they had started on their way to school on Sunday morning!

I am slim and tall, Many find me desirable and appealing. They touch me and I give a false good feeling. Once I shine in splendor, But only once and then no more. For many I am "to die for". What am I?
A Cigarette

Look at me. I can bring a smile to your face, a tear to your eye, or even a thought to your mind. But, I can't be seen. What am I?
Memories

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".

I'm sometimes white, But most often I'm black. I take you there, But never bring you back. What am I?
A hearse.

Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
Neither, they both weigh one pound.

Which time of a day when written in capital letters reads the same from all the four sides?

Make the following equation correct by using only 1 line: 102 + 5 + 8 = 650
102+548=650 (use the single line to make the + 4)

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