General Riddles

What is half of 4 plus 4?
6. Explanation: Half of 4 is 2 and then plus 4 is 6.

What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter "M"

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

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

Tear one off and scratch my head what was red is black instead.
A matchstick.

When is a man drowned, but still not wet?
When he's trapped in quicksand.

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.

I have keys but can't open any lock, I have space but no room. Who am I?
Keyboard

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

What invention lets you look right through a wall?
A window

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