General Riddles

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

What gets wetter as it dries?
A towel.

I have a tongue but I can't talk. I have no legs or wings but I can move from one place to another. Who am I?

Decode the following message: AENDFNDFNNIRDERDESIIEIIEAEND
A friend in need is a friend indeed. Explanation: Write the alphabets in four rows for example:

I am an English word. I have three consecutive double letters. Who am I?
Bookkeeper

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

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.

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".

Tim came second in Math. When his mother asked him how much he had scored, he answered that he got the sum of the first 9 even numbers. His mother immediately worked out the answer. How much had he scored in Math?
90 Explanation: Sum = (n x n) + n Hence, 9 x 9 = 81 + 9 = 90

How can you write 23 using the number 2 only 4 times? You can use addition, subtraction, division, multiplication.

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