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What has roots that nobody sees, and is taller than trees. Up, up it goes, and yet it never grows.
Used on a diamond and left on a board. It's great for a gymnast his grip to restore. What is it?
Two people are born at the same moment, but they don't have the same birthdays. How could this be?
Until I am measured I am not known, Yet how you miss me when I have flown.
This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And beats high mountains down.
What can you lose that will cause other people to lose theirs too?