What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?

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

* *
x *
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* * *

There are a number of books on a shelf. If one book is the 4th from the left and 6th from the right, how many books are on the shelf?

I know a ten-letter word in the English language which can be typed using only the top rows of the computer keyboard.

Can you find out what is missing?

1 3 5
2 4 ?

Hint: It's not six. Think out of the box.

What does this rebus means ?

Who is generally closer to the kids, mom or dad?

(it's a funny riddle)

Can you move 2 matchsticks to form four equal sized squares.

Sherlock breaks into a crime scene. The victim is the owner who is slumped dead on a chair and have a bullet hole in his head. A gun lies on the floor and a cassette recorder is found on the table. On pressing the play button, Sherlock hears the message 'I have committed sins in my life and now I offer my soul to the great Lord' and followed a gunshot Sherlock smiles and informed the police that's its a murder.

Why did he think so?

I was speeding and ran through a stop sign, yet two traffic officers who were there do nothing about it.

why?