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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.

I am slim and tall, Many find me desirable and appealing. They touch me and I give a false good feeling. Once I shine in splendor, But only once and then no more. For many I am "to die for". What am I?
A Cigarette

What can you catch but not throw?

How can you lift a hippopotamus with one hand?
You won't find a hippo having one hand!

Fill in the blanks. Both words are anagrams of each other. This year the top 10 horse ______ took place in this huge ground measuring two _______.
races, acres

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

The diameter of a hole is 4ft 5in. How much dirt does it contain?
A hole has no dirt in it. It contains only air.

What is that which everybody has seen but will never see again?
Yesterday

Name four days of the week starting with the alphabet "T".
Tuesday, Thursday, Today and Tomorrow

I come form North, East, West and South. I give you lots of information either verbally or textually. Who am I?

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