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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.

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

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?

I can fill up an entire room and still not take up any space. Who am I?

What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?

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.

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.

Where does Friday comes before Thursday?
In the dictionary

What is it that's always coming but never arrives?
Tomorrow.

Fill in the blank: If Tom's father is Tony then Tony is the ________ of Tom's father.

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