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Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?

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Forward I am ton, backwards I am not
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What invention lets you look right through a wall?

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A window
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Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?

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Neither, they both weigh one pound.
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What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?

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The letter "M"
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Does the government of Texas permit a man to marry his widow's sister?

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No question of legitimacy, because the man is already dead!
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How can you drop an egg on a floor 20 yards below, without cracking it?

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The floor will not crack by the dropping of an egg on it!
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Two girls were born to the same mother, on the same day, at the same time, in the same month and year and yet they're not twins. How can this be?

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The two babies are two of a set of triplets.
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What has an eye but can not see?

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Needle
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What is that which everybody has seen but will never see again?

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Yesterday
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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.
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