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So Simple I Only Point

I’m so simple I only point,
Yet I guide people all over the world.

What am I?

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A compass.

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Glittering Points Downward Thrust

Glittering points
That downward thrust,
Sparkling spears
That never rust.

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An icicle.

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Employ Rebus

What does this represent?

EMPLOY_ _ _ T

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Men out of work.

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Only Useful When Full

I am only useful when I’m full,
Yet I am always full of holes.

What am I?

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A sieve, used for straining food like pasta.

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Cats Catching Mice

5 cats can catch 5 mice in 5 minutes. How many cats does it take to catch 100 mice in 100 minutes?

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5 cats. The same five could keep catching 5 mice every 5 minutes for 100 minutes.

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Make This Addition Problem Correct

This math problem is currently wrong.

11 + 66 + 88 + 96 = 294

How can you make it actually equal 294?

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Flip the numbers upside down:

11 + 99 + 88 + 96 = 294

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The Longest Pregnancy

A baby was born four years after its parents died in a car crash. How was this possible?

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Amazingly, this actually happened. The parents died in a crash crash and their parents fought for the rights to the four frozen embryos left by their late children. After a surrogate pregnancy, the baby was born with DNA matching their deceased parents.

Amazingly, this actually happened. The parents died in a crash crash and their parents fought for the rights to the four frozen embryos left by their late children. After a surrogate pregnancy, the baby was born with DNA matching their deceased parents.

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$63 Exactly

A man owed his friend $63 and repaid him the exact amount in cash without using coins or $1 bills (no online transfers, checks, credit cards or any other tricks) and without requiring change. How did he do it?

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A $50 bill, a $5 bill and four $2 bills.

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Too Much For One

I am too much for one, enough for two, but nothing to three. What am I?

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A secret.

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How Much Dirt?

How much dirt is there in a hole that measures two feet by three feet by four feet?

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None. A hole doesn’t have any dirt.

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