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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?

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Neither of the two because when you are standing at the southern-most point of the earth, all directions are north.
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Show that half of 5 equals to 4.

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Remove F and E from FIVE IV = 4 (Roman)
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How can you drop an egg on a floor 20 yards below, without cracking it?

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The floor will not crack by the dropping of an egg on it!
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I don't have eyes, but once I did see. Once I had thoughts, but now I'm white and empty.

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Skull
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Place the following letters in such a manner that it becomes something which is used to clean: boas

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soap (flip the alphabet b so that it becomes p).
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Paris, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Libya, England, ? Complete the sequence by choosing the correct one amongst the following: Mexico, Singapore and Netherland.

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Singapore Explanation: The first letters of each word makes the word PUZZLES.
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Two girls were born to the same mother, on the same day, at the same time, in the same month and year and yet they're not twins. How can this be?

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The two babies are two of a set of triplets.
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith went for a picnic. Mrs. Smith has 5 sons and each son has a sister who has 5 daughters each of whom have 1 brother each. How many of them went for the picnic?

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2 people. Explanation: The puzzle only says that Mr. and Mrs. Smith went for a picnic. It does not say that the others accompanied them.
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Replace one letter in each step to change the word COLD to its opposite. Each step has to be a legitimate word. COLD ? ? ? ?

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WARM Explanation: COLD CORD WORD WORM WARM
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I can fill up an entire room and still not take up any space. Who am I?

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Light
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