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

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What came first, the chicken or the egg?

A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, "If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50." The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the carny writes he'll just say he weighs more or less. In the end the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?

I always drive my customer away.

Who am I?

What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?

A wealthy man lives alone in a small cottage. Being partially handicapped he had everything delivered to his cottage. The mailman was delivering a letter one Thursday when he noticed that the front door was ajar. Through the opening he could see the man's body lying in a pool of dried blood. When a police officer arrived he surveyed the scene. On the porch were two bottles of warm milk, Monday's newspaper, a catalog, flyers, and unopened mail. The police officer suspects it was foul play. Who does he suspect and why?

What is the next number in this series?

4,12,84,3612....

It's a 7-letter word.
If we remove 1 letter from it, it remains the same.
If we remove 2 letters from it, it remains the same.
If we remove 3 letters from it, it remains the same.
If we remove all the letters from it, still it remains the same.
What is it?

What seven-letter word has hundreds of letters in it?

It has a long neck, A name of a bird, Feeds on cargo of ships, It's not alive,

What is it?