General Riddles

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.

If it took fifteen men ten days to build a tower, how long would it take four men to build it?
No time at all, as the tower it is already built!

The captain of a ship was telling this interesting story: "We traveled the sea far and wide. At one time, two of my sailors were standing on opposite sides of the ship. One was looking west and the other one east. And at the same time, they could see each other clearly." How can that be possible?
The marines were standing back against the sides of the ship so they were looking at each other. It does not matter where the ship is (of course it does not apply to the North and South Pole).

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.

Complete the sentence using two words, which are anagrams. The man with the _______ wanted to have _______.
The man with the beard wanted to have bread.

Fill in the blanks. Both words are anagrams of each other. This year the top 10 horse ______ took place in this huge ground measuring two _______.
races, acres

The more I am present, the less you can see. Who am I?
Darkness.

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

Two lawyers were fighting against each other in a case in a courtroom. One of them is the father of the other's son. How are they related?
They are husband and wife.

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Footsteps

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