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

Two children, who were all tangled up in their reckoning of the days of the week, paused on their way to school to straighten matters out. "When the day after tomorrow is yesterday," said Priscilla, "then 'today' will be as far from Sunday as that day was which was 'today' when the day before yesterday was tomorrow!" On which day of the week did this puzzling prattle occur?
The two children were so befogged over the calendar that they had started on their way to school on Sunday morning!

What invention lets you look right through a wall?
A window

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

A red house is made up of red bricks, a blue house is made up of blue bricks, a green house is made up of _______.

I have three wings. At times I have 4 wings but still I cannot fly. I can rotate but I can't move from one place to other. People always relax in my company. Who am I?
Ceiling Fan

If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you haven't got me. What am I?

People use me to keep themselves clean. I get slimmer whenever I do some work. After my workout is over people need water. Who am I?
A bar of soap.

How many times is the alphabet "a" used while writing the spelling of each number from 1 to 500?
Not a single time.

He has married many women, but has never been married. Who is he?
A priest.

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