General Riddles

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

I'm sometimes white, But most often I'm black. I take you there, But never bring you back. What am I?
A hearse.

A calendar year has how many seconds?
12 (2nd January, 2nd February, 2nd March.....)

What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years?
The letter m.

What is as light as a feather, but even the world's strongest man couldn't hold it for more than a minute?
His breath.

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

I have wheels and flies. But I don't have any wings. Who am I?
Garbage truck

I am a 7 letter word. I become longer when my third letter is removed. Who am I?

I am a six letter word. Subtract one letter and twelve will remain. Who am I?

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