This is a most unusual paragraph. How quickly can you find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so ordinary, you'd think nothing was wrong with it. Actually, nothing IS wrong with it. But it is not as ordinary as you might think. If you think about it for a bit, you will find out why it is truly so unusual. So what is it? What is so unordinary about this paragraph?

It comprises roots which nobody sees,
Much taller than those trees,
Up and up it goes,
Still it never grows?

I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?

Can you write down eight eights so that they add up to one thousand?

A man and a dog were going down the street. The man rode, yet walked. What was the dog’s name?

The Puzzle: A girl, a boy, and a dog start walking down a road.

They start at the same time, from the same point, in the same direction.

The boy walks at 5 km/h, the girl at 6 km/h.

The dog runs from boy to girl and back again with a constant speed of 10 km/h. The dog does not slow down on the turn.
How far does the dog travel in 1 hour?

I get hot but I never sweat,
I cook food but I am not a chef,
I have a door but you can't enter me,
I have a light but I am not a lamp.
Who am I?

Can you spot what's wrong with the following sentence?

PETER WAS ANGRY AT
HIMSELF BECAUSE HE
ACCIDENTALLY LEFT THE
THE KEYS TO HIS CAR
AT HIS FRIEND'S HOUSE.

I am the fastest animal but cannot climb the tree. What am I?

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