Can you solve below mathematical equation?

2^1234 - 2^1233

There was a blind beggar living on the footpath of a street. Suddenly one day, the beggar's brother died. What was the relation of the blind beggar with the person who died?

PS: Brother is not the answer.

You have a basket containing ten apples. You have ten friends, who each desire an apple. You give each of your friends one apple.
Now all your friends have one apple each, yet there is an apple remaining in the basket.
How?

Most people think of me as money. But when they find me in the water, they won’t get any money out of me. What am I?

I’m orange, I wear a green hat and I sound like a parrot. What am I?

I know a nine-letter word having only one vowel.
Do you ?

One is to three as three is to five and five is to four and four is the magic number.
What is the pattern?

Can you quickly find which two matchstick figures are identical?

Two guards were on duty outside a barracks. One faced up the road to watch for anyone approaching from the North. The other looked down the road to see if anyone approached from the South. Suddenly one of them said to the other, "Why are you smiling?"

How did he know his companion was smiling?

Complete the table series riddle by finding the number that can replace "??".