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A woman met one of her classmates after 20 long years. After exchanging pleasantries, the first woman told the other that she has 4 children, half of them female. At this, the other woman smiled and replied, even half of her children too are female. However, she has 3 children. How is this possible?
The second woman has all female children.

There was a green house. Inside the green house there was a white house. Inside the white house there was a red house. Inside the red house there were lots of babies. What is it?
Watermelon.

Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
Neither, they both weigh one pound.

We are 3 friends. Our product and our sum always give the same answer. Who are we?
1, 2, 3.

Fill in the blanks with a word which makes two different words if you read from both sides: Tim's father has kept his ______ in the ______ for scoring good marks in math.
Reward and Drawer.

The eight of us go forth not back to protect our king from a foes attack.
Chess pawns.

How many two cent stamps are there in a dozen?
12. There are 12 2-cent stamps in a dozen!

Find out the difference between 18°C and 64.4°F.
Zero degree

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?
Neither of the two because when you are standing at the southern-most point of the earth, all directions are north.

I am a seven letter word. I have two sets of double letters in a row. I can fly like a bird or a plane. Kids love me. I end with N. Who am I?

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