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Pass Before the Sun

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I pass before the sun and move things about, yet make no shadow. 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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Son of Water

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I'm the son of water but when I return to water I die. What am I?
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Brings You Down

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What brings you down but never up?
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Invisible Measurement

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I can be measured, but never seen. What am I?
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Cities But No House

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What has cities but no house. Forests, but not trees. Water, but no fish?
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Past, present and future

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You'll always find me in the past. I can be created in the present, but the future can never taint me. 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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Hands But Can't Clap

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What has hands but can't clap?
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Between Sea and Sky

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I am always there, some distance away, somewhere between land or sea and sky I fly, you may move towards me, yet distant I shall stay.
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Dark and On the Run

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They are dark and on the run, and without sun there will be none. What are they?
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You May Enter...

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You may enter, but you may not come in. I have space, but no room. I have keys, but open no lock. What am I?
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Run But Can't Walk

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What can run but can't walk?
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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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Hold Without Touching

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What is something you can hold without ever touching?
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Hold Me Tight

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Lifeless eyes on my smiling face and watch your child's sleeping place. In their dreams they hold me tight. 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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My Brother and I

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I always follow my brother, though very different we are. You can see him but not me, you can hear me, but not him.
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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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Gollum's Riddle

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This was Gollum's final riddle from The Hobbit: "This thing all things devours; Bird, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slay king, ruins town, and beats a mountain down."
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Everything and Nothing

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Turn me on my side and I am everything. Cut me in half and I am nothing. What am I?
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Through Cities and Towns

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I go through cities, towns and villages, but I never come inside. What am I?
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Catch But Not Throw

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What can you catch, but not throw?
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Without Wanting

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I cause your vehicle to move without wanting to. What am I?
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The Unknown traveler

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I can travel around the world while staying in a corner. What Am I?
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A Foot But No Leg

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What has a foot, but no leg?
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The Shortest Sentence

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I am the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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Pale and Chill

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Though I wander the earth, I am no longer here. I am pale and I chill everyone near. What am I?
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What is...

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I'm greater than God, more evil than the devil, the poor have me, the rich need me, and if you eat me, you'll die. What Am I?
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Needed But Given Away

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People need me, but they always give me away. What am I?
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