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I'm as big as an elephant, but lighter than a feather

I’m as big as an elephant, but lighter than a feather. What am I?

✨ The Wind
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I'm not really more than holes tied to more holes; I'm strong as good steel, though not as stiff as

I’m not really more than holes tied to more holes; I’m strong as good steel, though not as stiff as a pole. What am I?

Hint: I’m not really more than holes tied to more holes; I’m strong as good steel…

✨ A steel chain
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I'm the part of the bird that's not in the sky

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?

Hint: I’m the part of the bird that’s not in the sky…

✨ A shadow
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I make you weak at the worst of all times

I make you weak at the worst of all times. I keep you safe, I keep you fine. I make your hands sweat, and your heart grow cold, I visit the weak, but seldom the bold. What am I?

Hint: I make you weak at the worst of all times…

✨ Your fears
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I make you weak at the worst of times but in the ned i keep you safe, You will sweat in my presience

I make you weak at the worst of times but in the ned i keep you safe, You will sweat in my presience even as you grow cold, i dwell with the weak and easily the brave but with out me who could tell the difference. Who am I?

Hint: I make you weak at the worst of times but in the ned i keep you safe…

✨ Fear
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I never was, am always to be, No one ever saw me, nor ever will And yet I am the confidence of all T

I never was, am always to be, No one ever saw me, nor ever will And yet I am the confidence of all To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball.

Hint: I never was…

✨ I am tomorrow - your future
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I protect the most important thing you own. Skaters think they're too cool for me, but one bad fall and they wish they'd worn me. What am I?

I protect the most important thing you own. Skaters think they’re too cool for me, but one bad fall and they wish they’d worn me. What am I?

✨ A helmet
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I say everything I hear to others around

I say everything I hear to others around. I’m not an animal, nor part of the human race. I will, immediately, repeat after you; But only if my tail is in place. What am I?

Hint: I say everything I hear to others around…

✨ A microphone
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I soar without wings, I see without eyes

I soar without wings, I see without eyes. I’ve traveled the universe to and fro. I’ve conquered the world, yet I’ve never been anywhere but home. Who am I?

Hint: I soar without wings…

✨ I'm your imagination
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I spin beneath you but never get dizzy. The faster you go, the faster I turn. Change me when I get too smooth to grip. What am I?

I spin beneath you but never get dizzy. The faster you go, the faster I turn. Change me when I get too smooth to grip. What am I?

✨ A skateboard wheel
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I spin the board a full 360°, yet your feet never leave it. Wheels to the sky, then back to the ground. What trick am I?

I spin the board a full 360°, yet your feet never leave it. Wheels to the sky, then back to the ground. What trick am I?

✨ A Kickflip (or Heelflip)
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I turn around once

I turn around once. What is out will not get in. I turn around again. What is in will not get out. What am I?

Hint: I turn around once…

✨ A Key
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I turn polar bears white and I will make you cry

I turn polar bears white and I will make you cry. I make guys have to pee and girls comb their hair. I make celebrities look stupid and normal people look like celebrities. I turn pancakes brown and make your champane bubble. If you sqeeze me, I’ll pop. If you look at me, you’ll pop. Can you guess the riddle? 97% of Harvard graduates can not figure this riddle out, but 84% of kindergarten students were able to figure this out in 6 minutes or less.

Hint: I turn polar bears white and I will make you cry…

✨ No
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I've got ten or more daughters

I’ve got ten or more daughters. I’ve got less than ten daughters. I’ve got at least one daughter. If only one of these statements is true, how many daughters have I got?

Hint: I’ve got ten or more daughters…

✨ If I have any daughters, there will always be two statements which are true. Therefore, I have no daughters
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I was framed, yet I didn't commit a crime, and the person who framed me committed no crime

I was framed, yet I didn’t commit a crime, and the person who framed me committed no crime. How is this possible?

Hint: I was framed…

✨ I am a picture, and I was put in a picture frame
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If a fire hydrant has H2O inside, what does it have on the outside?

If a fire hydrant has H2O inside, what does it have on the outside?

✨ K9P (you'll get it eventually)
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If a man carried my burden He would break his back

If a man carried my burden He would break his back. I am not rich, But leave silver in my track.

Hint: If a man carried my burden He would break his back…

✨ I am a Snail
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If a rooster laid a brown egg and a white egg, what kind of chicks would hatch?

If a rooster laid a brown egg and a white egg, what kind of chicks would hatch?

✨ Roosters don't lay eggs
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If a wheel has 64 spokes, how many spaces are there between the spokes?

If a wheel has 64 spokes, how many spaces are there between the spokes?

✨ 64. The space that comes after the 64th spoke, would be just before the first spoke
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