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A ladder hangs over the side of a ship anchored in a port. The bottom rung touches the water. The distance between rungs is 20 cm and the length of the ladder is 180 cm. The tide is rising at the rate of 15 cm each hour. When will the water reach the seventh rung from the top?

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If the tide is raising water, then it is raising the ship on water, too. So water will reach still the first rung.
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I go around the world, but always stay in a corner.

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Postal Stamp
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An American woman living in Australia was refused a burial in India. Why?

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Living people can't be buried, isn't it!
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I have a many legs, but cannot stand. I have a long neck, but I have no head. I cannot walk and I cannot see But I keep things neat and tidy as can be. What am I?

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A broom.
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When can you make the following equation correct? 14+1=3

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In a clock when we add 14hrs and 1hr we get 15hrs i.e. 3 o'clock
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Complete the sequence: 49 61 51 63 53 65 55 ?

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67 Explanation: Alternate numbers increase by 2. 49 become 51 then 53 and so on. Similarly, 61 becomes 63 and then 65.
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Where does Friday comes before Thursday?

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In the dictionary
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If there are 8 chocolates and you take away 5, how many do you have?

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5 of course. If you take 5, what else do you expect to have?
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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.

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The alphabet "N".
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The peacock is a bird which doesn't lay eggs. Then how does it come into the world?

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Peahens lay eggs, not peacocks
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