Two fishermen posed a riddle to the Greek poet Homer: What we caught, we threw away; what we didn’t catch, we kept. What did we keep? Homer could not solve the riddle. Can you solve it?
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Pear Tree
There are a few trees in a garden. On one of them, a pear tree, there are pears. But after a strong wind blew, there were neither pears on the tree nor on the ground. How is this possible?
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As I went across the bridge, I met a man with a load of wood which was neither straight nor crooked. How is this possible?
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Three Equal Squares
You have 8 small matches, 4 of which are half the length of the other 4. Make three equal squares out of the 8 matches.
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