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People use me to keep themselves clean. I get slimmer whenever I do some work. After my workout is over people need water. Who am I?
A bar of soap.

What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years?
The letter m.

Sam's son is the brother of the only sister of Andrew. Dorothy, the only daughter of Sam, has only two brothers. What is the relation between Sam and Andrew?
Sam is Andrew's father.

Fill in the sequence: 1 5 9 15 ?
21 Explanation: Position of the vowels a e i o u.

If someone robbed you in the shower, what would you be?
An eye wetness.

Adam is 13 years old in 1980. In 1985 he is 8 years old. How?
The dates are in BC (Before Christ).

A ladder hangs over the side of a ship anchored in a port. The bottom rung touches the water. The distance between rungs is 20 cm and the length of the ladder is 180 cm. The tide is rising at the rate of 15 cm each hour. When will the water reach the seventh rung from the top?
If the tide is raising water, then it is raising the ship on water, too. So water will reach still the first rung.

I reach for the sky, but clutch to the ground; sometimes I leave, but I am always around. What am I?

If it took fifteen men ten days to build a tower, how long would it take four men to build it?
No time at all, as the tower it is already built!

I have wheels and flies. But I don't have any wings. Who am I?
Garbage truck

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