General Riddles

Feed me and I live, yet give me a drink and I die.

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'.

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Footsteps

I have a thumb and four fingers, but I have no flesh or bone. Who am I?

Decode the following message: AENDFNDFNNIRDERDESIIEIIEAEND
A friend in need is a friend indeed. Explanation: Write the alphabets in four rows for example:

What is greater than God, more evil than the devil, the poor have it, the rich need it, and if you eat it, you'll die?
Nothing.

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

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

Where does Friday comes before Thursday?
In the dictionary

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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