General Riddles

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

Which creature walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?
Man. He crawls on all fours as a baby, then walks on two feet as an adult, and then walks with a cane as an old man.

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

Where does Friday comes before Thursday?
In the dictionary

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

The diameter of a hole is 4ft 5in. How much dirt does it contain?
A hole has no dirt in it. It contains only air.

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!

You can find me in the middle of each month in all the countries. You can always find me only in the night but never in the day.
The alphabet "N".

Fill in the sequence: 1 5 9 15 ?
21 Explanation: Position of the vowels a e i o u.

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

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