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A headless man had a letter to write; It was read by a man who had lost his sight. The dumb repeated it word for word; And deaf was he who listened and heard. Solve this riddle.
The letter in question is the letter "O". It is zero. The man had nothing to write. The blind could read nothing. The person who was dumb could repeat nothing. The deaf man listened and heard nothing.

A box without hinges, key, or lid, Yet golden treasure inside is hid.

I am pronounced with only one letter but written with three letters. Two different letters are used to write me. My color varies from black, blue, green, brown, grey etc. Who am I?

What gets broken without being held?
A promise.

We are 3 friends. Our product and our sum always give the same answer. Who are we?
1, 2, 3.

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

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

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.

How many times is the alphabet "a" used while writing the spelling of each number from 1 to 500?
Not a single time.

I cannot speak but I tell everything. I am not a tree but I have leaves. I have hinges but I am neither a door nor a window. Who am I?

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