Birbal was jester, counsellor, and fool to the great Moghul emperor, Akbar.
The villagers loved to talk of Birbal's wisdom and cleverness,
and the emperor loved to try to outsmart him.
One day Akbar (emperor) drew a line across the floor.
"Birbal," he ordered, "you must make this line shorter, but you cannot erase any bit of it."
Everyone present thought the emperor had finally outsmarted Birbal.
It was clearly an impossible task.
Yet within moments the emperor and everyone else present had to agree that Birbal had made the line shorter without erasing any of it.
How could this be?

Take one out and scratch my head, I am now black but once was red. What am I?

That attorney is my brother, testified the accountant.

But the attorney testified he didn't have a brother.

Who is lying?

What Deficiency does the below rebus represent?

VIT_MIN

How can you tell a raw egg from a hard-boiled egg?

Take away the whole and some still remain. What is it?

When it is alive we sing, when it is dead we clap our hands. What is it?

Mr. Buttons was all set to go to the village of Buttonland to meet his friend. So, he packed his bags and left for the village at 5 in the morning. Upon travelling on a road for miles, he came across a point where the road diverged into two. He was confused on which road to take. He gazed around and he saw two owls sitting on a branch. He thought he could ask for directions for the village from the two owls. So he went to the tree. There he saw a sign which read, "One owl always lies, and one is always truthful. They both fly away if you ask them more than 1 question."
Mr. Buttons was caught in the dilemma of what to ask? And from which owl to ask, since he only had one question. What should Mr. Buttons ask?

A finger goes in me. You fiddle with me when you're bored. The best man always has me first. What am I?

What is the next number in this matchsticks series riddle?