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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!

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

What is as light as a feather, but even the world's strongest man couldn't hold it for more than a minute?
His breath.

Replace one letter in each step to change the word COLD to its opposite. Each step has to be a legitimate word. COLD ? ? ? ?
WARM Explanation: COLD CORD WORD WORM WARM

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

I am soft and transparent. I am so small that you can keep me on your fingers. I have no light but I help you to see the beautiful world. I improve your vision only when I come in contact with you. Who am I?
Contact Lens

I'm the start of nothing and the end of sun and I'm also in the number one What am I?
The letter "N".

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)

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

What happens when an elephant sits on a chair?
It's time to buy a new chair!

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