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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.

What is always coming but never arrives?
Tomorrow.

An American woman living in Australia was refused a burial in India. Why?
Living people can't be buried, isn't it!

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

Why did the boy go to his bedroom with a pencil?
He wanted to draw the curtains.

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 am so fragile that even if anybody says my name I break. Who am I?

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

What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter "M"

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

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