General Riddles

A basket contains 5 apples. Do you know how to divide them among 5 kids so that each one has an apple and one apple stays in the basket?
Answer to this riddle goes as follows: 4 kids get an apple (one apple for each one of them) and the fifth kid gets an apple with the basket still containing the apple

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 woman met one of her classmates after 20 long years. After exchanging pleasantries, the first woman told the other that she has 4 children, half of them female. At this, the other woman smiled and replied, even half of her children too are female. However, she has 3 children. How is this possible?
The second woman has all female children.

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.

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

I am heavy and have an odd shape. You drop me when you need me and pick me up when you don't need me. Who am I?
Ship anchor

Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?
Incorrectly.

I am a six letter word. I always follow you in light, but I disappear at night as I am afraid of darkness. Who am I?

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

I go around the world, but always stay in a corner.
Postal Stamp

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