What mathematical symbol can be put between 5 and 9, to get a number bigger than 5 and smaller than 9?

An explorer goes on an exposition in the jungle. He sets up camp in the middle of the jungle. The next morning he sees something with a head and a tail, but he is not afraid. What did he see in his bag?

A man was telling some of his war stories to his grandchildren.
"When the World War I was on the verge of end, I was awarded for my bravery for I had saved a group of my men." He coughed and then added, "When we were fighting in northern France, an enemy soldier threw a grenade at us. Before it could explode, I picked it up and threw it away. For my act of bravery, right before the war ended, A General gave me a sword engraved with the words "Awarded for Display of Bravery and Heroism in World War 1"."

Hearing this, one of the grandson spoke up. "Grandpa, this is not a true story. It can"t be true!"

The truth is that it was not. How did the grand children know it?

What is a word made up of 4 letters, yet is also made up of 3. Sometimes is written with 9 letters, and then with 4. Rarely consists of 6, and never is written with 5.

How can you make the following equation true by drawing only one straight line: 5+5+5=550 ?

Jigsaw captured 100 people and make them stand in a circle and all these people are labelled as Person1, Person2, Person3... Person100. He made them play a crazy game in which Person 1 shot Person 2 and pass the gun to the next person and so on until one stands alive.

Which person will survive in the end?

I was speeding and ran through a stop sign, yet two traffic officers who were there do nothing about it.

why?

There are 2 people near the river and both of them want to get on the other side. The boat can only take one of them. But they got across.
How?

Which tank will fill first?

If EELS + MARK + BEST + WARY = EASY

What does HELP + BARK + WARD + LEAD equal?