The more it dries, the wetter it becomes. Can you tell what it is?

What have one eye but still cannot see?

Arrange the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 above and below the division line in a manner that the thus formed fractions equal to 1/3.

(You can use one number only once)

In a town, there are four houses located at different distances from each other. Following are the distances:

The third house is 60 meters apart from the first house.
The fourth house is 40 meters apart from the second house.
The third house is 10 meters nearer to the fourth house than it is to the second house.

Can you find out the distance between the fourth and the first house?

Solve this riddle by finding the odd one out from the rest.

What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?

In the image below, can you find the value of an angle(y)

When it's bad luck to meet a black cat?

What does it mean?

Two guards were on duty outside a barracks. One faced up the road to watch for anyone approaching from the North. The other looked down the road to see if anyone approached from the South. Suddenly one of them said to the other, "Why are you smiling?"

How did he know his companion was smiling?