Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on earth?
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When Miss Millie purchased her new parrot, the salesman assured her that it would repeat any word it heard. About a week later, Miss Millie returned the parrot complaining it hadn’t uttered a single word.

Given that the salesman had spoken the truth about the parrot’s abilities, why wouldn’t the bird talk?
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What five letter word, no matter how you pronounce it, is always pronounced wrong? Read the full story »

I’m where yesterday follows today, and tomorrow’s in the middle. What am I?
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I am the black child of a white father, a wingless bird, flying even to the clouds of heaven. I give birth to tears of mourning in pupils that meet me, even though there is no cause for grief, and at once on my birth I am dissolved into air. What am I?
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I’m the part of the bird that’s not in the sky. I can swim in the ocean and yet remain dry. What am I?
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I travel all around the world but never leave the corner. What am I? Read the full story »

I am a three digit number.
My tens digit is five more than my ones digit.
My hundreds digit is eight less than my tens digit.
What number am I?
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Cathy has six pairs of black gloves and six pairs of brown gloves in her drawer. In complete darkness, how many gloves must she take from the drawer in order to be sure to get a pair that match? Think carefully!!

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A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, “If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50.”

The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the carny writes he’ll just say he weighs more or less.

In the end the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?
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No legs have I to dance,
No lungs have I to breathe,
No life have I to live or die
And yet I do all three.
What am I?

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A champion weight lifter has a brother that’s a doctor, but the same doctor doesn’t have a brother. How are they related then?
Answer on the next page…

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