General Riddles

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

I don't have legs but I have hands. I can run but I can't walk. Who am I?
A clock.

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

Adam is 13 years old in 1980. In 1985 he is 8 years old. How?
The dates are in BC (Before Christ).

When I get multiplied by any number the sum of the figures in the product is always me. Who I am?
9 e.g. 9 X 6 = 54; 5 + 4= 9

How can you drop an egg on a floor 20 yards below, without cracking it?
The floor will not crack by the dropping of an egg on it!

Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
Neither, they both weigh one pound.

As a whole, I am both safe and secure. Behead me, and I become a place of meeting. Behead me again, and I am the partner of ready. Restore me, and I become the domain of beasts. What am I?
A Stable

What is always coming but never arrives?
Tomorrow.

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

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