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A cop was walking past a restaurant when he heard someone scream - "No John, not the gun!" He ran inside and and saw a doctor, a lawyer, a milkman, and a dead body on the floor. He promptly walked over to the milkman and arrested him. He didn't witness the shooting and there was no apparent evidence to prove who shot the person and no one told him who the killer was. How did the policeman instantly know it was the milkman?

>>>   The milkman was the only male. The doctor and lawyer were females, so the cop knew that "John" was the milkman.   <<<

What is so special about this sequence below?
8 5 4 9 1 7 6 10 3 2 0

>>>   The numbers are in alphabetical order.
(eight, five, four, nine, one, seven, six, ten, three, two, zero)   <<<

A horse is tied to a five meter rope, six meters away from it was a bail of hay. Without breaking the rope, the horse was able to get to the bail of hay. How is this possible?

>>>   The other end of the rope is tied to nothing!   <<<

A mother gave birth to twin boys, but they were born in different years and on different days. And no, the boys are not part of 2 sets. How can this be possible?
>>>   One was born on December 31 at 11:59 p.m. and the other January 1 at 12:00 a.m.   <<<

Mary was making apricot jam. She put all the apricots in the pot and stirred them up. Then she remembered she had to add 1 ounce of lemon juice for every two apricots. How did she figure out how much lemon juice to put.

>>>   She counted the pits.   <<<

Steve and Sally where sitting in their family room one night. While Steve was watching T.V his wife Sally was reading. All of a sudden the power went out and Steve decided to go to bed, but Sally kept on reading. With no use of artificial light, Sally kept on reading. How?

>>>   Sally was blind... she was reading a book by Braille   <<<



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