Can you find a pattern and the missing number in the series given below?

100, 155, 258,? , 584, 819.

I am beautiful, up in the sky. I am magical, yet I cannot fly. To people I bring luck, and to some people, riches. The boy at my end does whatever he wishes. What am I?

There are are five things wrong with this sentence; only geniuses will be able to to spot all of the mitstakes

A man is looking at a photograph of someone. His friend asks who it is. The man replies, “Brothers and sisters, I have none. But that man’s father is my father’s son.” Who was in the photograph?

I have feet, but no legs. Which animal Am I?

500 women soldiers are arranged in an array of ten rows and fifty columns in accordance with their respective heights. Now, the tallest woman from each row is asked to move out in the front. From them, the shortest one is labelled as Alpha. They are then asked to resume their original position.

Now, the shortest woman in each column is asked to come out in front. The tallest among them is labelled as Beta.

Can you find out if Alpha will be taller or Beta?

Can it be possible to build a house that has all its four walls facing towards the South?

John was piloting a plane behind a car but was never able to overtake it. Why?

One is to three as three is to five and five is to four and four is the magic number.
What is the pattern?

There are 2 sand hourglasses.

The small one can measure 5 hours and the large one can measure 7 hours.

How can we measure 16 hours with 2 sand hourglasses running together ?