I stand in your living room wrapped in lights, I wear a star on my head, and everyone leaves presents at my feet. What am I?
Hint: I was green before I came inside.
Answer
A Christmas tree
Christmas trees are decorated with lights, topped with a star, and gifts go underneath.
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I sit on your porch with a big grin, and there's a candle where my brain should be. What am I?
Hint: I started out in a patch.
Answer
A jack-o'-lantern
A jack-o'-lantern is a carved pumpkin with a face, lit by a candle (or LED) inside.
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I wear a yellow jacket, I'm a little bit bendy, and monkeys love me for lunch. What am I?
Hint: You peel me before you eat me.
Answer
A banana
Bananas have yellow peels, a curved shape, and they're a famous monkey snack.
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I'm taken before you're told, developed but never grown up, and I keep memories without remembering a thing. What am I?
Answer
A photo
Photos are taken (often before anyone says so), film photos are developed, and pictures hold memories without knowing anything.
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Everyone reads me in the morning. I'm wrong about half the time, yet you still check me before you leave the house. What am I?
Answer
The weather forecast
Forecasts aren't always right, but most people check one before deciding what to wear or whether to bring an umbrella.
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Add me to myself and you get the same answer as multiplying me by myself. I'm not zero. What number am I?
Hint: Try the small numbers first.
Answer
Two
2 + 2 = 4 and 2 × 2 = 4. Zero also works, but the riddle rules it out.
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I have keys that open nothing, a space you can't enter, and a return that never comes back. What am I?
Hint: You might be touching one right now.
Answer
A keyboard
A keyboard has keys, a space bar and a Return key, none of which work the way the words usually mean.
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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 live in your pocket. I'm always dying, but I come back to life every night, and you panic whenever I get close to the end. What am I?
Hint: You've probably checked me in the last hour.
Answer
Your phone battery
A phone battery runs down all day, gets recharged overnight, and low-battery warnings send most people looking for a charger.
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