General Riddles

A headless man had a letter to write; It was read by a man who had lost his sight. The dumb repeated it word for word; And deaf was he who listened and heard. Solve this riddle.
The letter in question is the letter "O". It is zero. The man had nothing to write. The blind could read nothing. The person who was dumb could repeat nothing. The deaf man listened and heard nothing.

The eight of us go forth not back to protect our king from a foes attack.
Chess pawns.

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".

A ladder hangs over the side of a ship anchored in a port. The bottom rung touches the water. The distance between rungs is 20 cm and the length of the ladder is 180 cm. The tide is rising at the rate of 15 cm each hour. When will the water reach the seventh rung from the top?
If the tide is raising water, then it is raising the ship on water, too. So water will reach still the first rung.

What is as light as a feather, but even the world's strongest man couldn't hold it for more than a minute?
His breath.

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

What can you catch but not throw?

I cannot speak but I tell everything. I am not a tree but I have leaves. I have hinges but I am neither a door nor a window. Who am I?

What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years?
The letter m.

I have a mouth but I can't speak, I can run but I can't walk. Who am I?

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