Tricky Riddles

Tricky riddles with answers are both tricky and crafty. They are not straight forward, requires logic reasoning and you could be fooled if you are not sharp enough.

Pear Tree with 12 Pears

On the outskirts of a kingdom, a patrol of 12 knights are riding to guard the border. About 10 minutes behind them is a patrol of 10 knights. The first patrol finds a pear tree with 12 pears on it. They are hungry. Each takes a pear and eats it. When the patrol of 10 knights comes, the captain eats 2 and the other 9 eat 1. How is this possible?

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