General Riddles

What is that which everybody has seen but will never see again?
Yesterday

I don't have legs but I have hands. I can run but I can't walk. Who am I?
A clock.

I am clean when I look black and dirty when I look white. Who am I?
Blackboard

First, you kill me with a knife and then you chop me in anger. Then you cry beside me. Who am I?

Complete the sequence: 4, 7, 15, 29, 59, 117 ?
235 Explanation: 4+3=7 7+4x2=15 15+7x2=29 29+15x2=59 59+29x2=117 117+59x2=235

Mr. & Mrs. Smith went for a picnic. Mrs. Smith has 5 sons and each son has a sister who has 5 daughters each of whom have 1 brother each. How many of them went for the picnic?
2 people. Explanation: The puzzle only says that Mr. and Mrs. Smith went for a picnic. It does not say that the others accompanied them.

What is the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the start of every end, and the end of every race?
The letter 'E'.

What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years?
The letter m.

How can you write 23 using the number 2 only 4 times? You can use addition, subtraction, division, multiplication.

I cannot speak but I tell everything. I am not a tree but I have leaves. I have hinges but I am neither a door nor a window. Who am I?

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