How can a man go eight days without sleep?

My thunder comes before the lightning; my lightning comes before clouds; my rain dries all the land it touches. What am I?

What runs around the whole yard without moving?

You can hear me, but you can't touch or see me.

What am I?

Solve the alphametic puzzle by replacing the alphabet with the number.

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A rain drop fell from one leaf to another leaf and lost 1/4th of its volume. It then fell to another leaf and lost 1/5th of the volume. It again fell on another leaf and lost 1/5th of the volume.



This process kept repeating till it fell on the last leaf losing 1/75th of its volume.



Can you calculate the total percentage of loss from the initial volume when the drop has fallen to the last leaf accurate up to two decimal places?

People put me on the table and cut me but do not eat me. What am I?

A mules travels the same distance daily.
I noticed that two of his legs travels 10km and the remaining two travels 12km.
Obviously two mules legs cannot be a 2km ahead of the other 2.

The mules is perfectly normal. So how come this be true ?

Find the value of "?" in the ball picture Riddle below:

In a certain bank, a man deposits a certain amount. According to the bank policies, the amount will be doubled up in a year but as the service charge, they will also deduct Rs. 65 by the end of every year.

If after the 6th year, the amount becomes 0, what do you think is the original amount he deposited in the bank?