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

Who is generally closer to the kids, mom or dad?

(it's a funny riddle)

A famous swimmer can swim downstream in a lake in exactly 40 minutes with the lake current.
He can swim upstream in that lake in exactly 60 minutes against the lake current.
The length of the lake is 2 km.

How long he can cover the distance of one side at a still lake with no current?

I have holes on the top and bottom. I have holes on my left and on my right. And I have holes in the middle, yet I still hold water. What am I?

how come the second man dies?

I don't get anymore wetter, no matter how much rain falls on me.

If in a car race, the man who came two places in front of the last man finished one ahead of the man who came fifth, how many contestants were there?

Which digit occurred maximum times between the number 1 and 1000?

There was an aeroplane crash, every single person died, but two people survived. How is this possible?

What does an Island and the letter T have in common?