Riddles: Brain Teasers

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Throw it off the highest building, and I'll not break. But put me in the ocean, and I will. What am I?

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Answer: tissue paper

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 I have holes in my top and bottom, my left and right, and in the middle. But I still hold water. What am I?
 

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answer: sponge

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I run over fields and woods all day. Under the bed at night I sit not alone. My tongue hangs out, up and to the rear, awaiting to be filled in the morning. What am I?

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answer: shoe

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What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?

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The man who invented it doesn't want it. The man who bought it doesn't need it. The man who needs it doesn't know it. What is it?

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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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Answer: A shadow

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The man who invented it doesn't want it. The man who bought it doesn't need it. The man who needs it doesn't know it. What is it?

Answer: A coffin

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I am weightless, but you can see me. Put me in a bucket, and I'll make it lighter. What am I?

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I am mother and father, but never birth or nurse. I'm rarely still, but I never wander. What am I?

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I am weightless, but you can see me. Put me in a bucket, and I'll make it lighter. What am I?

Answer: a hole

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I am mother and father, but never birth or nurse. I'm rarely still, but I never wander. What am I?

Answer: A tree