General Riddles

I have one letter but my name is spelled with eight. What am I?
Envelope

Adam is 13 years old in 1980. In 1985 he is 8 years old. How?
The dates are in BC (Before Christ).

Feed me and I live, yet give me a drink and I die.

Some months have 31 days, some have 30 days, how many months in the Gregorian calendar have 28?
All the 12 months!

How can you lift a hippopotamus with one hand?
You won't find a hippo having one hand!

If someone robbed you in the shower, what would you be?
An eye wetness.

I don't have eyes, but once I did see. Once I had thoughts, but now I'm white and empty.

Let us imagine that you are standing at the southern-most point of the earth. Now on the eastern side of that point is an island and on the western side of that point is a lake. Which one is closer to you - the island or the lake - and why?
Neither of the two because when you are standing at the southern-most point of the earth, all directions are north.

A red house is made up of red bricks, a blue house is made up of blue bricks, a green house is made up of _______.

Sometimes I am bigger than you and sometimes I am smaller than you. Sometimes I follow you and sometimes you follow me. I don't have any weight. Who am I?
Your shadow

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