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There are a few trees in a garden. On one of them, a pear tree, there are pears (quite logical). But after a strong wind blew, there were neither pears on the tree nor on the ground. How come?
At first, there were 2 pears on the tree. After the wind blew, one pear fell on the ground. So there where no pears on the tree and there were no pears on the ground.

You can catch me but cannot throw me. Who am I?

Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?
Incorrectly.

The more I am present, the less you can see. Who am I?
Darkness.

Does the government of Texas permit a man to marry his widow's sister?
No question of legitimacy, because the man is already dead!

What is the closest relationship my son can have has with my brother's niece's father's brother's mother?
She can be my son's grandmother.

I am deaf, dumb and blind. But I am very shiny and always speak the truth. Who am I?

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.

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

First, you kill me with a knife and then you chop me in anger. Then you cry beside me. Who am I?

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