General Riddles

A shepherd has 18 goats. All but 6 die. How many are left?
6 of course!

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

What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?
Your Name

Two girls were born to the same mother, on the same day, at the same time, in the same month and year and yet they're not twins. How can this be?
The two babies are two of a set of triplets.

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).

If NUMERAL is written as UEALRMN then how would you write ALGEBRA?

I have a mouth but I can't speak, I can run but I can't walk. Who am I?

I'm sometimes white, But most often I'm black. I take you there, But never bring you back. What am I?
A hearse.

Spell eighty using only two alphabets.

Does the government of Texas permit a man to marry his widow's sister?
No question of legitimacy, because the man is already dead!

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