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I don't have eyes, but once I did see. Once I had thoughts, but now I'm white and empty.

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.

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

You can find me in the middle of each month in all the countries. You can always find me only in the night but never in the day.
The alphabet "N".

Mr. & Mrs. Smith went for a picnic. Mrs. Smith has 5 sons and each son has a sister who has 5 daughters each of whom have 1 brother each. How many of them went for the picnic?
2 people. Explanation: The puzzle only says that Mr. and Mrs. Smith went for a picnic. It does not say that the others accompanied them.

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Footsteps

Here come the best enigmas that appeared in the Batman movies - usually Riddler asking Bruce Wayne. If you look at the number on my face you won't find thirteen anyplace.
A clock.

The diameter of a hole is 4ft 5in. How much dirt does it contain?
A hole has no dirt in it. It contains only air.

A calendar year has how many seconds?
12 (2nd January, 2nd February, 2nd March.....)

I go around the world, but always stay in a corner.
Postal Stamp

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