General Riddles

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!

How can you lift a hippopotamus with one hand?
You won't find a hippo having one hand!

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

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

A woman met one of her classmates after 20 long years. After exchanging pleasantries, the first woman told the other that she has 4 children, half of them female. At this, the other woman smiled and replied, even half of her children too are female. However, she has 3 children. How is this possible?
The second woman has all female children.

I can fill up an entire room and still not take up any space. Who am I?

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.

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

I'm the start of nothing and the end of sun and I'm also in the number one What am I?
The letter "N".

7. I have three letters. I read the same forward and backwards. I know you'll get the answer, I know you'll see. It's a word that is important to you and me. What word am I?

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