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An Apparition

Two people were in a house. No one came in or went out, but then there were three people. What happened?

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The two people were a husband and an expectant wife, who gave birth to her baby.

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Mountain at Night, Morning a Meadow

In the night a mountain in the morning a meadow. What am I?

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A bed.

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amid eerie niger won spawn

What phrase do these words sound like when rearranged?

amid eerie niger won spawn

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“Won spawn amid niger eerie” sounds like, “Once upon a midnight dreary”, from The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe.

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You Twirl My Body

You twirl my body but I keep my head up high.
When I go in I keep things tight.

What am I?

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A screw.

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Reading Hexadecimal

How many people can read hexadecimal if only you and dead people can read it?

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57006The trick is that the word “dead” represents a number in hexadecimal. That number in base 10 is 57005, and adding one more to include yourself gives you: 57005 + 1 = 57006.

57006

The trick is that the word “dead” represents a number in hexadecimal. That number in base 10 is 57005, and adding one more to include yourself gives you: 57005 + 1 = 57006.

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Longest Words With Letters in Alphabetical Order

What is the longest, non-scientific word to have all of its letters in alphabetical order?

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Billowy.

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I Live In A Busy Place In The City

I live in a busy place in the city,
I’ll let you stay with me for awhile,
If you don’t feed me, I can get you into trouble.

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A parking meter.

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Plane Crash Off Coast of Mexico

A plane crashed off the coast of Mexico and every single person died, yet there were two survivors. How could that happen?

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There was a married couple.

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A Laugh A Cry

A laugh, a cry,
A moan, a sigh.

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Emotions

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Something Everyone Needs

Everyone needs this, it’s great with an ‘r’ on the end but you’re sad when the first letter goes away.

What is it?

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Love, lover, over

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