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

I am heavy and have an odd shape. You drop me when you need me and pick me up when you don't need me. Who am I?
Ship anchor

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.

A red house is made up of red bricks, a blue house is made up of blue bricks, a green house is made up of _______.

I have wheels and flies. But I don't have any wings. Who am I?
Garbage truck

A shepherd has 18 goats. All but 6 die. How many are left?
6 of course!

Place the following letters in such a manner that it becomes something which is used to clean: boas
soap (flip the alphabet b so that it becomes p).

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

How many times is the alphabet "a" used while writing the spelling of each number from 1 to 500?
Not a single time.

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