General Riddles

Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
Neither, they both weigh one pound.

A box without hinges, key, or lid, Yet golden treasure inside is hid.

I am a part of your body. You can hold me in your left hand but not in your right hand. Who am I?
Right hand.

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?

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

There are three men in a boat with four cigarettes but no matches. How do they manage to smoke?
They throw one cigarette overboard and made the boat a cigarette lighter.

You can catch me but cannot throw me. Who am I?

Sam's son is the brother of the only sister of Andrew. Dorothy, the only daughter of Sam, has only two brothers. What is the relation between Sam and Andrew?
Sam is Andrew's father.

As a whole, I am both safe and secure. Behead me, and I become a place of meeting. Behead me again, and I am the partner of ready. Restore me, and I become the domain of beasts. What am I?
A Stable

Place the following letters in such a manner that it becomes something which is used to clean: boas
soap (flip the alphabet b so that it becomes p).

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