How many minutes are there in Feb 2017?

Note: The shortest answer is the correct answer.

My thunder comes before the lightning; my lightning comes before clouds; my rain dries all the land it touches. What am I?

A man hijacks an aeroplane transporting both passengers(8 of them) and valuable cargo. After taking the cargo, the man demands nine parachutes, puts one of them on, and jumps, leaving the other eight behind. Why did he want eight?

In the image given, you can find several triangles. Can you count them all?

The person who makes it has no need for it. He who purchases it does not use it. The person who does use it does not know they are. What is it?

In the attached figure, you can see a chessboard and two rooks placed on the chess board. What you have to find is the number of squares that do not contain the rooks. How many are there?

The Little ant seems to be always confused. Do you know why?

Place a mathematical symbol between the numerals 5 and 9 in such a way that the resulting number is greater than 5 but smaller than 9.

What does this say?

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What came first, the chicken or the egg?