General Riddles

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

I have four sides. Anyone can calculate my area if they come to know the length of any one side of mine. I have four right angles within me. Which shape am I?

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?

I am a four letter word. I am an animal. You use me to call your dear ones. Who am I?

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

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.

What is half of 4 plus 4?
6. Explanation: Half of 4 is 2 and then plus 4 is 6.

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

. At the sound of me, men may dream or stamp their feet. At the sound of me, women may laugh or sometimes weep. Who am I?

On an average, how many birthdays do men on earth have?
1, just one! It is the day when we hit the earth. It is a different story that we celebrate our birthday every year, which actually implies Anniversary.

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