General Riddles

What happens when an elephant sits on a chair?
It's time to buy a new chair!

Where does Friday comes before Thursday?
In the dictionary

Fill in the sequence: 1 2 3 2 1 2 3 4 2 ?
1 Explanation: Number of characters used in writing the numbers in roman numerals.

I reach for the sky, but clutch to the ground; sometimes I leave, but I am always around. What am I?

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

What gets wetter as it dries?
A towel.

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.

There are a few trees in a garden. On one of them, a pear tree, there are pears (quite logical). But after a strong wind blew, there were neither pears on the tree nor on the ground. How come?
At first, there were 2 pears on the tree. After the wind blew, one pear fell on the ground. So there where no pears on the tree and there were no pears on the ground.

What is the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the start of every end, and the end of every race?
The letter 'E'.

What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years?
The letter m.

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