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I am part of your body
I am part of your body.
Without my head, I can live in the forest.
Without my tail, I will be something a ball can do.
And without my head and my tail, You must remember me.
What am I?
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Death of a Literature Teacher
My good friend, the literature teacher across the hall, confided in me yesterday that she felt like she was being watched and that the feeling would always occur during her last period class. She was scared that something was going to happen, but I…
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Eight Kings Problem
Went through approximately six trillion words ending in "king" while trying to figure out this puzzle. Couldn't find one that would fit. Not willing to let the effort go to waste, here are 8 of them, presented by chess kings.
This time around, the…
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A half successful police raid
Everything in the next section is flavor text only. You may skip right over it, if you´re impatient.
"So, how did it go officer? I hope there was no blunder this time!"
The chief commander looks rather stern and critical at the small group of men…
BmyGuest
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Tricky T Tribute (or: Humble H Homage)
I made up a bunch of riddles over the weekend and wrote them on a stack of cards. Unfortunately, I dropped the stack outdoors. The cards blew everywhere and one of the riddles is missing. Can you please give me the answer to the riddle I lost? (The…
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Don't settle for a billion
While Artur is willing to settle for a billion, I'd like a much bigger return on my two matchstick investment.
Moving only two matchsticks, what is the largest number that can be created from the following pattern?
Adam Davis
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The PSE School of Enigmatics (Part 1)
Update: I fixed up the second image, making it (perhaps) a little bit easier to crack.
You leap out of your bed. Today's the day!
You check your mailbox, and wow, there it is! The frayed look of the letter could not possibly be in greater contrast…
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This riddle's solution may take you years to complete!
You've seen me your whole life.
A bar man may pass me,
A woman paid to tell lies may create me,
And a reverend might mistake me for a silver coin.
Sometimes I am finished in just a breath;
Sometimes I will last until you breathe your…
Rubio
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Hint : I have 4 siblings
Last week I met this guy who asked me for my number. I told him that I will tell him only if he answers one of my questions first. He agreed.
"What is the one thing common between China, North Korea and former Russia?".
"Communism"
"Are you…
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Polyomino T hexomino and rectangle packing into rectangle
Let's pack some (one or more) T hexominoes together with some (one or more) small $a\times b$ rectangles into some bigger $m\times n$ rectangle without holes and overlapping pieces.
For example, I can pack two T hexominoes and eight $1\times1$…
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Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth
Hints:
The final solution will be an image you know well
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Are you able to find me in second(s)?
Found somewhere in Peru,
I am well behaved and follow the queue.
Flipped from the left to right,
In a name to the children's like.
Switch places with you and me,
A comfort place becomes a wild beast.
How many times have I shown my…
Alex
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The 10,958 Problem
Here is the task:
Write down 10958 using all 1-9 digits in ascending order and only one time.
You are allowed to:
1) group digits into numbers
2) use 5 basic operations: + - * / ^ ("^" means power)
3) set order of operations with brackets…
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What was Detective Sherlock missing?
Detective Sherlock, known for his amazing adventures, went through a distressful time in his life. It was like he had lost interest in solving his cases. For straight six days, he was under a lot of discomfort. During the same time, he wrote himself…
Techidiot
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The master programmer and the mystical reversal
The master programmer sat at his desk, gazing into the distance, his eyes seeing, and yet unseeing.
The lunch had been heavy.
His reverie was interrupted by the appearance of his close colleague, Ananda.
"Ah, Ananda, it is you," spake the master…
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