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I'm always right in front of you, but you can never see me. You walk into me every single day, yet you never actually reach me. What am I?
Hint: Don't look ahead. Think ahead.
Answer
The future
The future is always ahead of you, you move into it every moment, but as soon as you get there it becomes the present.
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I can travel around the world while staying in one corner. What am I?
Hint: Look at the top right of an envelope.
Answer
A stamp
A postage stamp stays in the corner of an envelope while it travels anywhere in the world.
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I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water. What am I?
Hint: Travelers used to fold me up.
Answer
A map
Maps show cities, forests and rivers, but only as drawings.
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The more of me you take, the more of me you leave behind. What am I?
Answer
Footsteps
Every step you take leaves another footprint behind you.
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I can fill a whole room, but I take up no space at all. What am I?
Answer
Light
Light fills a room completely without taking up any physical space.
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I'm lighter than a feather, yet even the strongest person can't hold me for more than a few minutes. What am I?
Hint: You're doing it right now.
Answer
Your breath
Breath weighs almost nothing, but nobody can hold theirs for very long.
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Say my name and I'm gone. What am I?
Answer
Silence
The moment you say "silence," you've broken it.
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Forward I'm heavy, but backward I'm not. What am I?
Answer
A ton
A ton is heavy, and "ton" spelled backward is "not."
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I have a neck but no head, and I still wear a cap. What am I?
Hint: You might find me in the recycling.
Answer
A bottle
Bottles have a narrow neck and a cap, but no head.
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You can make me, keep me and break me, but you can never touch me. What am I?
Answer
A promise
You make and keep promises, and you can break them, but a promise isn't a physical thing.
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The more people I'm shared with, the less I'm worth. What am I?
Answer
A secret
A secret loses its value the more people know it.
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I have no beginning, no middle and no end, yet I can be as small as a ring or as big as the equator. What am I?
Hint: Draw me without lifting your pencil.
Answer
A circle
A circle is one continuous line with no start or finish, at any size.
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