General Riddles

What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter "M"

Show that half of 5 equals to 4.
Remove F and E from FIVE IV = 4 (Roman)

What has a head and a tail, but no body?

If six thousand six hundred and six dollar is written as $6,606, then write eleven thousand eleven hundred and eleven dollars.
$12,111.

I can be long, or I can be short. I can be grown, and I can be bought. I can be painted, or left bare. I can be round, or I can be square. What am I?
Fingernails.

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.

On an average, how many birthdays do men on earth have?
1, just one! It is the day when we hit the earth. It is a different story that we celebrate our birthday every year, which actually implies Anniversary.

I have keys but can't open any lock, I have space but no room. Who am I?
Keyboard

If NUMERAL is written as UEALRMN then how would you write ALGEBRA?

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

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