General Riddles

What gets wetter as it dries?
A towel.

I am slim and tall, Many find me desirable and appealing. They touch me and I give a false good feeling. Once I shine in splendor, But only once and then no more. For many I am "to die for". What am I?
A Cigarette

An American woman living in Australia was refused a burial in India. Why?
Living people can't be buried, isn't it!

How many two cent stamps are there in a dozen?
12. There are 12 2-cent stamps in a dozen!

I reach for the sky, but clutch to the ground; sometimes I leave, but I am always around. What am I?

I come form North, East, West and South. I give you lots of information either verbally or textually. Who am I?

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

Does the government of Texas permit a man to marry his widow's sister?
No question of legitimacy, because the man is already dead!

I look like a pearl. Clouds are my grandparents. I am very delicate. I die as soon as anybody touches me. Who am I?

A ladder hangs over the side of a ship anchored in a port. The bottom rung touches the water. The distance between rungs is 20 cm and the length of the ladder is 180 cm. The tide is rising at the rate of 15 cm each hour. When will the water reach the seventh rung from the top?
If the tide is raising water, then it is raising the ship on water, too. So water will reach still the first rung.

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