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When can you make the following equation correct? 14+1=3
In a clock when we add 14hrs and 1hr we get 15hrs i.e. 3 o'clock

I am heavy and have an odd shape. You drop me when you need me and pick me up when you don't need me. Who am I?
Ship anchor

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!

I am slim and tall, Many find me desirable and appealing. They touch me and I give a false good feeling. Once I shine in splendor, But only once and then no more. For many I am "to die for". What am I?
A Cigarette

I have keys but can't open any lock, I have space but no room. Who am I?
Keyboard

What is always coming but never arrives?
Tomorrow.

How many of each species did Moses take on the ark with him?
None, Moses wasn't on the ark Noah was.

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

What room can no one enter?
A mushroom.

Tear one off and scratch my head what was red is black instead.
A matchstick.

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