General Riddles

Take off my skin - I won't cry, but you will! What am I?
An onion.

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.

How can you drop an egg on a floor 20 yards below, without cracking it?
The floor will not crack by the dropping of an egg on it!

Paris, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Libya, England, ? Complete the sequence by choosing the correct one amongst the following: Mexico, Singapore and Netherland.
Singapore Explanation: The first letters of each word makes the word PUZZLES.

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

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

What gets wetter as it dries?
A towel.

A shepherd has 18 goats. All but 6 die. How many are left?
6 of course!

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'.

I am a two digit even number. I am a square of a number, and also a cube of another number. Who am I?

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