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The Shorter the Bigger

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The shorter I am, the bigger I am. What am I?
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13 Hearts

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What has 13 hearts, but no other organs?
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More or Less

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When you have more of me, you see a lot less. What am I?
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Invisible Measurement

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I can be measured, but never seen. What am I?
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White, Black and Fast

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I am white and I am black. I am not fat because I need to be fast. I confuse many people with my style. What am I?
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Never Has to Steer

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What moves across the land but never has to steer? It has delivered our goods year after year. What is it?
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Five Fingers

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I have five fingers, but I'm not alive. What Am I?
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Make, Save, Change and Raise

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People make me, save me, change me, raise me. What am I?
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What Flies When it's Born...

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What flies when it's born, lies when it's alive and runs when it's dead?
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Brings You Down

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What brings you down but never up?
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Break Before Use

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What do you break before you use it?
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The Mistake Fixer

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My neighbor makes mistakes. I get rid of them. what am I?
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Hurt Without Moving

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We hurt without moving. We poison without touching. We bear the truth and the lies. We are not to be judged by our size.
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Food to Live, Water to Die

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Give me food, and I will live. Give me water, and I will die. What am I?
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Plenty of Backbone

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I can sizzle like bacon, I am made with an egg, I have plenty of backbone, but lack a good leg. I peel layers like onions, but still remain whole, I can be long like a flagpole, yet fit in a hole. What am I?
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Black, White and Read

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What’s black and white and read all over?
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Four Brothers Who Run

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We are four brothers who always stand the same distance from each other. We run and we run but never reach each other. What are we?
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Losing a Head

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What loses a head in the morning and gains it again at night?
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Fly Without Wings

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I hover without wings. I cry without eyes.
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The More You Take the More You Leave

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The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
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I Serve By Being Devoured

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My life can be measured in hours. I serve by being devoured. Thin, I am quick. Fat, I am slow. Wind is my foe. What am I?
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Concealing What's True

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I am good at concealing what's real and hide what's true. Sometimes, I bring out the courage in you! What am I?
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I See You, You See Me

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I see you, you see me; I raise my right hand, you raise your left. What Am I?
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At the Sound of Me

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At the sound of me, men may dream or stamp their feet. At the sound of me, women may laugh or sometimes weep. What am I?
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Only Increases...

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It only increases and never decreases. What is it?
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I Won't Cry

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If you cut me, I won't cry - but YOU will. What am I?
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A 7 Letter Word

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I am a 7 letter word. I become longer when my third letter is removed. What am I?
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Cut But Never Eaten

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What is cut on a table, but is never eaten?
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Tastes Better

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What tastes better than it smells?
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You've Heard Me Before...

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You've heard me before, yet you hear me again, then I die until you call me again. What am I?
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