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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.

There are three men in a boat with four cigarettes but no matches. How do they manage to smoke?
They throw one cigarette overboard and made the boat a cigarette lighter.

The peacock is a bird which doesn't lay eggs. Then how does it come into the world?
Peahens lay eggs, not peacocks

How many pairs of animals did Moses take with him on his Ark to save the world's animals from the Great Flood?
It was not Moses, but Noah, who built an Ark to save the world's animals from the Great Flood.

How can you write 23 using the number 2 only 4 times? You can use addition, subtraction, division, multiplication.

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

I am a part of your body. You can hold me in your left hand but not in your right hand. Who am I?
Right hand.

I am a drink. I am also an alphabet? Who am I?

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

Decode the following message: AENDFNDFNNIRDERDESIIEIIEAEND
A friend in need is a friend indeed. Explanation: Write the alphabets in four rows for example:

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