Replace all '*' with digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 to make below statement true.

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They came out at night, without being called.
They lost at day, without being stolen.
Who are they?

Use only one mathematical symbol and all numbers (0-9) to get a sum of 99

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?

Today, I celebrated my 32nd birthday but I was born in 1972.
How is this possible?

John killed hundreds of people mercilessly and yet the police were not able to put her behind the bars. Why?

Find three whole, positive numbers that have the same answer when multiplied together as when added together.

If two's company, and three's a crowd, then whats four and five ?

Four people need to cross a rickety bridge at night. Unfortunately, they have only one torch and the bridge is too dangerous to cross without one. The bridge is only strong enough to support two people at a time. Not all people take the same time to cross the bridge. Times for each person: 1 min, 2 mins, 7 mins and 10 mins. What is the shortest time needed for all four of them to cross the bridge?

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?