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

My friends called me Iron59 because my parents are a chemist and a mathematician. What is my real name?

Can you find out what is missing?

1 3 5
2 4 ?

Hint: It's not six. Think out of the box.

Something Extraordinary happened on May 6th 19778 at 12:34am what was that?

John has eleven friends. He has a bowl containing eleven apples. Now He wants to divide the eleven apples among his friends, in such a way that an apple should remain in his bowl.
How can He do it?

I am under you when I am whole.
I shift above you if you remove the first letter.
I come all around you if you remove the second as well.

Can you tell me who I am?

You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?

In 1990, a person is 15 years old. In 1995, that same person is 10 years old. How can this be?

If you drop a 15 kg iron bar and a 5 kg bag of cotton from a height of 50 meters which will reach the ground first?

A journalist was investigating a sacred cult in the jungles of Africa when he was caught by one of the person. He was confined in a cave till the leader arrived. The leader told him that he need to tell him a statement. If he thinks the statement is true, then the journalist head will be chopped off. If he thinks that the statement is false, his head will be smashed with a hammer.

What statement did the journalist make to survive?