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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?

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Fingernails.
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What is greater than God, more evil than the devil, the poor have it, the rich need it, and if you eat it, you'll die?

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Nothing.
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I have a mouth but I can't speak, I can run but I can't walk. Who am I?

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A River
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I don't have eyes, but once I did see. Once I had thoughts, but now I'm white and empty.

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Skull
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If it took fifteen men ten days to build a tower, how long would it take four men to build it?

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No time at all, as the tower it is already built!
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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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Decode the following message: AENDFNDFNNIRDERDESIIEIIEAEND

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A friend in need is a friend indeed. Explanation: Write the alphabets in four rows for example:
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The eight of us go forth not back to protect our king from a foes attack.

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Chess pawns.
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What can you catch but not throw?

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A cold.
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Tim came second in Math. When his mother asked him how much he had scored, he answered that he got the sum of the first 9 even numbers. His mother immediately worked out the answer. How much had he scored in Math?

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90 Explanation: Sum = (n x n) + n Hence, 9 x 9 = 81 + 9 = 90
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