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What gets bigger when more is taken away?
My first two letters say my name. My last letter asks a question. What I embrace I destroy.
Before Mt. Everest was discovered what was the highest mountain in the world?
I think you live beneath a roof that is upheld by me; I think you seldom walk abroad but my fair form you see; I close you in on every side you very dwelling pave and probably I'll go with you At last into the grave.
What goes up and down stairs without moving?
Though not a plant, has leaves. Though not a beast, has spine. Though many wouldn't need this thing, It's more valuable than wine.