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First, you kill me with a knife and then you chop me in anger. Then you cry beside me. Who am I?

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.

I have a many legs, but cannot stand. I have a long neck, but I have no head. I cannot walk and I cannot see But I keep things neat and tidy as can be. What am I?
A broom.

I am a six letter word. I always follow you in light, but I disappear at night as I am afraid of darkness. Who am I?

Make the following equation correct by using only 1 line: 102 + 5 + 8 = 650
102+548=650 (use the single line to make the + 4)

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!

When is a man drowned, but still not wet?
When he's trapped in quicksand.

If NUMERAL is written as UEALRMN then how would you write ALGEBRA?

Some months have 31 days, some have 30 days, how many months in the Gregorian calendar have 28?
All the 12 months!

A crime is reported from 6 Park Avenue. The police reach the scene of the crime and find that a single life has been lost. The killer is also there on the spot and so are the evidences that are pointing to his crime, but the police cannot arrest him. Why?
The person who has lost his life, has killed himself. In other words, he has committed suicide

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