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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.

An American woman living in Australia was refused a burial in India. Why?
Living people can't be buried, isn't it!

What has a head and a tail, but no body?

I have keys but can't open any lock, I have space but no room. Who am I?
Keyboard

Adam is 13 years old in 1980. In 1985 he is 8 years old. How?
The dates are in BC (Before Christ).

What comes twice in a week, once in a year, but never in a month or a day?
The Letter 'E'.

Let us imagine that you are standing at the southern-most point of the earth. Now on the eastern side of that point is an island and on the western side of that point is a lake. Which one is closer to you - the island or the lake - and why?
Neither of the two because when you are standing at the southern-most point of the earth, all directions are north.

Here come the best enigmas that appeared in the Batman movies - usually Riddler asking Bruce Wayne. If you look at the number on my face you won't find thirteen anyplace.
A clock.

I reach for the sky, but clutch to the ground; sometimes I leave, but I am always around. What am I?

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