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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.

Imagine you are in a dark room. How do you get out?
Stop imagining.

I am so fragile that even if anybody says my name I break. Who am I?

What gets broken without being held?
A promise.

First, you kill me with a knife and then you chop me in anger. Then you cry beside me. Who am I?

If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you haven't got me. What am I?

Feed me and I live, yet give me a drink and I die.

Take off my skin - I won't cry, but you will! What am I?
An onion.

Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?
Incorrectly.

A woman met one of her classmates after 20 long years. After exchanging pleasantries, the first woman told the other that she has 4 children, half of them female. At this, the other woman smiled and replied, even half of her children too are female. However, she has 3 children. How is this possible?
The second woman has all female children.

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