General Riddles

There are three men in a boat with four cigarettes but no matches. How do they manage to smoke?
They throw one cigarette overboard and made the boat a cigarette lighter.

What has an eye but can not see?

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.

I started learning to drive today. Just a few minutes back, I went down a one-way street in the wrong direction but I did not break the traffic rules. How?
Simple, I was not driving then, I was walking.

I have a tongue but I can't talk. I have no legs or wings but I can move from one place to another. Who am I?

What comes twice in a week, once in a year, but never in a month or a day?
The Letter 'E'.

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

If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you haven't got me. What am I?

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

I am so fragile that even if anybody says my name I break. Who am I?

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