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

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

7. I have three letters. I read the same forward and backwards. I know you'll get the answer, I know you'll see. It's a word that is important to you and me. What word am I?

I am a two digit even number. I am a square of a number, and also a cube of another number. Who am I?

I am a 7 letter word. I become longer when my third letter is removed. Who am I?

Feed me and I live, yet give me a drink and I die.

I have a tongue but I can't talk. I have no legs or wings but I can move from one place to another. Who am I?

Two children, who were all tangled up in their reckoning of the days of the week, paused on their way to school to straighten matters out. "When the day after tomorrow is yesterday," said Priscilla, "then 'today' will be as far from Sunday as that day was which was 'today' when the day before yesterday was tomorrow!" On which day of the week did this puzzling prattle occur?
The two children were so befogged over the calendar that they had started on their way to school on Sunday morning!

What comes twice in a week, once in a year, but never in a month or a day?
The Letter 'E'.

If 0=4, 1=3, 2=3, 3=5, 4=4, 5=4, 6=3, 7=5, 8=5 and 9=4, find the value of 10, 11 and 12.
10=3, 11=6, 12=6. Explanation: Number of letters in the spelling of each figure.

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