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You can catch me but cannot throw me. Who am I?

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A cold
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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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What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years?

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The letter m.
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There are 17 pigeons sitting in a row on a wall. A boy shoots the fifth pigeon. How many pigeons remain?

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None. Explanation: They all fly away at the sound of the gunshot.
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I am so fragile that even if anybody says my name I break. Who am I?

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Silence
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What is it that's always coming but never arrives?

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Tomorrow.
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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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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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How can you write 23 using the number 2 only 4 times? You can use addition, subtraction, division, multiplication.

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22+2/2
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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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