General Riddles

What gets wetter as it dries?
A towel.

What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees. Up, up, up it goes, And yet never grows?
Mountain.

There are 17 pigeons sitting in a row on a wall. A boy shoots the fifth pigeon. How many pigeons remain?
None. Explanation: They all fly away at the sound of the gunshot.

6 15 18 20 ? = FORTY
25. Explanation: Replace each number with the corresponding letters in the alphabet. 6 = F 15 = O 18 = R 20 = T 25 = Y

I am a two digit even number. I am a square of a number, and also a cube of another number. Who am I?

What is as light as a feather, but even the world's strongest man couldn't hold it for more than a minute?
His breath.

I am deaf, dumb and blind. But I am very shiny and always speak the truth. Who am I?

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

Show that half of 5 equals to 4.
Remove F and E from FIVE IV = 4 (Roman)

When is a man drowned, but still not wet?
When he's trapped in quicksand.

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