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Born in 1946, Died in 1947

A man is born in 1946 and dies in 1947, yet he was 86 years old. How is that possible?

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He was born in room #1946 of the hospital when he was born, and died in room #1947 86 years later.

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Characters In The Correct Order

Put the characters C D M L X in the correct order (not alphabetical).

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X (10), L (50), C (100), D (500), M (1000). They’re Roman numerals in order from smallest to largest.

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Sunny Weather Coming?

It’s raining at midnight. Will there be sunny weather in 72 hours?

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No, because in 72 hours it will be midnight again.

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The More You Run

The more you run, the harder I am to catch. What am I?

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Your breath.

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Hangs Others

What hangs others yet can unintentionally hang itself?

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A jury.

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Little Miss Eticote

Little Miss Eticote
In her white petticoat
And her red nose
The longer she stands
The shorter she grows

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A candle.

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Two Handsome Racers

Two handsome racers are having a race.
One keeps lapping the other and the race never ends.

What am I?

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A clock.

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From Standard to Sequence

Starting with the word STANDARD, how can you take away two letters and add three digits to make a logical sequence?

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Remove the two A’s, leaving: ST ND RD
Add 1, 2, 3 to produce: 1st, 2nd, 3rd.

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Mixed Animals for $100

At the market you can buy a cow for $10, a pig for $1 and 8 hens for $1. How many animals would you need to buy to get 100 mixed animals for exactly $100?

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7 cows, 21 pigs and 72 hens. The trick to this is finding the combination of cows and hens with the same cost and quantity since pigs are already equal. The magic combination is 7 cows and 72 hens, giving you 79 animals that cost $79 ($70 + $9). Then you just add 21 pigs to get to 100 animals.

7 cows, 21 pigs and 72 hens. The trick to this is finding the combination of cows and hens with the same cost and quantity since pigs are already equal. The magic combination is 7 cows and 72 hens, giving you 79 animals that cost $79 ($70 + $9). Then you just add 21 pigs to get to 100 animals.

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Two Tons

If you had a ton of feathers and a ton of stones which would be heavier?

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Neither. A ton is a ton, no matter what it’s made up of, and they both weigh a ton.

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