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Riddle: Why is Europe like a frying pan?
Answer: Because it has Greece at the bottom.
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Riddle: What can point in every direction but can't reach the destination by itself?
Answer: Your finger or a compass.
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Riddle: All of Mrs. Smith's pets are dogs except one, and all her pets are cats except one. How many cats and dogs does she have?
Answer: Mrs. Smith has one cat and one dog.
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Riddle: Why does the teacher wear sunglasses when she comes to the class?
Answer: Because the students are bright.
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Riddle: One day, the police found a man dead inside a hut. In his left hand, he's holding a gun. In his right hand, he has a recording. When the recording is played, the police hear the man talking about how horrible life is and how he wants it to end. The recording ends with a gunshot. The police are about to call it a suicide until you point out a very important clue. What is it?
Answer: The recording played a gunshot inside it. If the man committed suicide, he wouldn't have been able to stop the recording after he pulled the trigger.
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Riddle: How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?
Answer: Once, because after you subtract 5 from 25 it becomes 20.
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Riddle: What 7 letter word is spelled the same way backwards and forwards?
Answer: Racecar.
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Riddle: How many seconds are there in one year?
Answer: 12.  Every month has a 2nd.
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Riddle: I make two people out of one. What am I?
Answer: A mirror.
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Riddle: There is a common English word that is nine letters long. Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an English word - from nine letters right down to a single letter. What is the original word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing one letter at a time?
Answer: The base word is Startling - starting - staring - string - sting - sing - sin - in - I
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