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"I grow every day of your life and never stop. I protect the most sensitive part of your finger. Cut me and I feel nothing. Tear me and I feel everything. What am I?"
Answer
A Fingernail
Explanation
Fingernails grow about 3mm per month throughout a person's entire life. They protect the sensitive fingertips and enhance the sense of touch. Cutting the dead part of a nail is painless, but tearing a nail from the nail bed is extremely painful.
This is an easy riddle in the Classic category — Time-honoured riddles passed down through generations.
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