At 11:59 PM, two brothers meet while pointing straight to the sky. They have no fingers or palms, yet they help the year go by. What are they?
The hands of a clock
The riddle uses personification to describe the minute and hour hands of an analog clock face. Just before midnight, both pointers overlap almost vertically aimed at the number 12, creating the image of two armless brothers pointing upward together.
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