Manhole Shape

Why do we preferably have round manhole covers and not square ones?




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By moving exactly three matchsticks can you make the below equation true.It can be solved by 3 ways.

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A number with an interesting property:

When I divide it by 2, the remainder is 1.
When I divide it by 3, the remainder is 2.
When I divide it by 4, the remainder is 3.
When I divide it by 5, the remainder is 4.
When I divide it by 6, the remainder is 5.
When I divide it by 7, the remainder is 6.
When I divide it by 8, the remainder is 7.
When I divide it by 9, the remainder is 8.
When I divide it by 10, the remainder is 9.

It's not a small number, but it's not really big, either.
When I looked for a smaller number with this property I couldn't find one.

Can you find it?

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What can jump higher than a building?

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There are two candles. Both will only burn exactly for an hour. How will you use these two candles to measure forty-five minutes?

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At a party, there are five people and a whole round cake lying at the centre of the table. Only four people will make a cut and take their piece and the last one will get the remaining piece on the table. How can they make sure that everyone gets a 1/5th of the piece?

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"That Restaurant always remains crowded. This is the reason why nobody goes there".

Can you find a flaw in this statement?

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What does the below mathematical rebus mean?

Love the Rebus Riddle

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I have lakes with no water, mountains with no stone and cities with no buildings. What am I?

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You are stuck on an island where you have nothing. You find four pieces of paper somewhere on the island. What will be your strategy to escape from the island safely?

PS: No other resource is available to you on the island, neither can you build anything.

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What has six faces, but does not wear makeup, has twenty-one eyes, but cannot see?

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