General Riddles

I started learning to drive today. Just a few minutes back, I went down a one-way street in the wrong direction but I did not break the traffic rules. How?
Simple, I was not driving then, I was walking.

What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
A stamp.

A grandfather, a father and 2 sons were having tea in the garden. But there are only 3 cups on the table. Justify how.
Grandfather is the father of one son and he himself also has one son. That makes two fathers and two sons.

There are three men in a boat with four cigarettes but no matches. How do they manage to smoke?
They throw one cigarette overboard and made the boat a cigarette lighter.

Mr. & Mrs. Smith went for a picnic. Mrs. Smith has 5 sons and each son has a sister who has 5 daughters each of whom have 1 brother each. How many of them went for the picnic?
2 people. Explanation: The puzzle only says that Mr. and Mrs. Smith went for a picnic. It does not say that the others accompanied them.

A container without hinges, lock or a key, yet a golden treasure lies inside me. What am I?

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

I don't have eyes, but once I did see. Once I had thoughts, but now I'm white and empty.

Make the following equation correct by using only 1 line: 102 + 5 + 8 = 650
102+548=650 (use the single line to make the + 4)

Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
Forward I am ton, backwards I am not

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