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.

I am a seven letter word. I am very heavy. Take away two letters from me and you will get 8. Take away one letter from me and you will get 80. Who am I?

What is it that's always coming but never arrives?
Tomorrow.

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.

I am very fragile. I crack easily. If you cry in front of me, I too start crying. If you smile at me, then I too smile back. Who am I?

Swap one letter from each of the words "Right" and "Blight" to make two related words.
Light and Bright.

The more I am present, the less you can see. Who am I?
Darkness.

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

I have just one, but with eight to spare, I am usually friendly, but I sometimes act like I don't care. What am I?
A cat (9 lives).

How many times is the alphabet "a" used while writing the spelling of each number from 1 to 500?
Not a single time.

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