What word does this rebus represent?

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An octopus has 8 legs. A hippogriff has 6 legs and 2 pairs of wings. A sphinx has 6 legs and one pair of wings. Now we have all 3 kinds and a total of 18 insects in a cage. We have a total of 118 legs and 20 pairs of wings. How many insects do we have of each kind?

A man is lying dead in a field where no one is around. His head is split open and his legs are disfigured. Near to him, there is an unopened package. No living organism can be found anywhere at the crime scene.

How did he die?

John was drowned by he was not wet. How?

Can you make the number 24 by utilizing the numbers 1, 3, 4 and 6? You must use one number only one time and you can use mathematical operation symbols anytime anywhere.

In a supermarket, there is an intelligent glass pane before a refrigerating unit. This glass pane allows cherries and apples through it but does not allow grapes and Orange to pass through it.

Can you identify the rule that the glass pane is following?

The day before yesterday I was 25 and the next year I will be 28. This is true only one day in a year. What day is my birthday?

What occurs twice in a week, once in a year but never in a day?

Make eight squares by moving only two matchsticks.
Note- Square can be of different sizes.

Can you place three balls such that the equation shown in the picture holds true?