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

I am transparent. You can see and feel me, but you cannot hold me. I always take the shape of my container. Who am I?

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Footsteps

A ladder hangs over the side of a ship anchored in a port. The bottom rung touches the water. The distance between rungs is 20 cm and the length of the ladder is 180 cm. The tide is rising at the rate of 15 cm each hour. When will the water reach the seventh rung from the top?
If the tide is raising water, then it is raising the ship on water, too. So water will reach still the first rung.

As I was going to the mall I met a man with seven wives, Each wive held two bags, Each bag held a mother cat, Each mother cat had six babies, How many people where going to the mall?
One! As I was going to the mall I met a man...

I am an eight letter word. My first four letters combine to form an atmospheric state. My third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh letters give support. My last three letters is the name of a person. Who am I?
MISTAKEN

I have a tongue but I can't talk. I have no legs or wings but I can move from one place to another. Who am I?

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!

I am clean when I look black and dirty when I look white. Who am I?
Blackboard

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

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