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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?
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.

A calendar year has how many seconds?
12 (2nd January, 2nd February, 2nd March.....)

Does the government of Texas permit a man to marry his widow's sister?
No question of legitimacy, because the man is already dead!

I am a part of your body. You can hold me in your left hand but not in your right hand. Who am I?
Right hand.

I have wheels and flies. But I don't have any wings. Who am I?
Garbage truck

A container without hinges, lock or a key, yet a golden treasure lies inside me. What am I?

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

I started learning to drive today. Just a few minutes back, I went down a one-way street in the wrong direction but I did not break the traffic rules. How?
Simple, I was not driving then, I was walking.

The peacock is a bird which doesn't lay eggs. Then how does it come into the world?
Peahens lay eggs, not peacocks

Only one color, but not one size, Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies, Present in sun, but not in rain, Doing no harm, and feeling no pain. What am I?
A shadow.

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