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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

How many two cent stamps are there in a dozen?
12. There are 12 2-cent stamps in a dozen!

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?
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.

Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, Toothless bites, Mouthless mutters.

There are three men in a boat with four cigarettes but no matches. How do they manage to smoke?
They throw one cigarette overboard and made the boat a cigarette lighter.

I run around a house but I don't move. Who am I?

As a whole, I am both safe and secure. Behead me, and I become a place of meeting. Behead me again, and I am the partner of ready. Restore me, and I become the domain of beasts. What am I?
A Stable

I am transparent. You can see and feel me, but you cannot hold me. I always take the shape of my container. Who am I?

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

Two lawyers were fighting against each other in a case in a courtroom. One of them is the father of the other's son. How are they related?
They are husband and wife.

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