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I am a drink. I am also an alphabet? Who am I?

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.

7. I have three letters. I read the same forward and backwards. I know you'll get the answer, I know you'll see. It's a word that is important to you and me. What word am I?

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.
The alphabet "N".

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.

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

How can you drop an egg on a floor 20 yards below, without cracking it?
The floor will not crack by the dropping of an egg on it!

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

I am deaf, dumb and blind. But I am very shiny and always speak the truth. Who am I?

Complete the sequence: 4, 7, 15, 29, 59, 117 ?
235 Explanation: 4+3=7 7+4x2=15 15+7x2=29 29+15x2=59 59+29x2=117 117+59x2=235

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