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It comes only before, it comes only after. Rises only in darkness, but rises only in light. It is always the same, but is yet always different.
What can you easily break but never touch?
These are needed to finish a test
Its days are numbered.
What time of day, when written in a capital letters, is the same forwards, backwards and upside down?
What never gets any wetter no matter how hard it rains?