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When you buy me I am black in color. When you use me I am red and when you discard me I am grey in color. Who am I?
Charcoal

What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?
Your Name

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

I run around a house but I don't move. Who am I?

A tunnel is 650m long. How far can a horse run into the tunnel if the horse is running at a speed of 10km/hr?
325m Explanation: After that the horse is running out of the tunnel.

Why did the boy go to his bedroom with a pencil?
He wanted to draw the curtains.

I am a six letter word. I always follow you in light, but I disappear at night as I am afraid of darkness. Who am I?

I am pronounced with only one letter but written with three letters. Two different letters are used to write me. My color varies from black, blue, green, brown, grey etc. Who am I?

A basket contains 5 apples. Do you know how to divide them among 5 kids so that each one has an apple and one apple stays in the basket?
Answer to this riddle goes as follows: 4 kids get an apple (one apple for each one of them) and the fifth kid gets an apple with the basket still containing the apple

What is the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the start of every end, and the end of every race?
The letter 'E'.

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