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What has two heads, four eyes, 6 legs and a tail?

What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?

There is a box smashed on the sidewalk. There is a package next to it, unopened. The equipment was ruined because the package didn't open. What's in the package?

There was an accident on the border between Canada and the US. Where would they bury the survivors?

Your Mom is in a room with you. Where is one place you can sit where your mom cannot sit?

How can you put you left hand in your right pocket and put your right hand in your left pocket without crossing your arms?

"SIX KINGS" can be converted into what word which describes a band of Scandinavian mariners?

What starts out on 4 legs, then goes to 2, then 3?

How come anteaters never get sick? Animated ants

What goes up when the rain comes down?

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