There are 2 people near the river and both of them want to get on the other side. The boat can only take one of them. But they got across.
How?

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

(it's a funny riddle)

When you stop to look, you can always see me. But if you try to touch me, you can never feel me. Although you walk towards me, I remain the same distance from you. What am I?

Find the next number in the series

12, 20, 40, 72, 116, 172 ?

There are are five things wrong with this sentence; only geniuses will be able to to spot all of the mitstakes

If a zookeeper had 100 pairs of animals in her zoo, and two pairs of babies are born for each one of the original animals, then (sadly) 23 animals don’t survive, how many animals do you have left in total?

Today, I celebrated my 32nd birthday but I was born in 1972.
How is this possible?

Rose, Lily and Jasmine decided to buy flowers for their moms on Mother's Day. One of them bought lilies, the other roses, and the third one jasmines.
'It's funny!' said the girl with roses, 'we bought roses, jasmines and lilies, but none of us bought the flowers matching her name'.
'You're right!', said Lily.
What kind of flowers did each of the girls buy?

Find the last number in the series below:

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In front of you, there are 9 coins. They all look absolutely identical, but one of the coins is fake. However, you know that the fake coin is lighter than the rest, and in front of you is a balance scale. What is the least number of weightings you can use to find the counterfeit coin?