General Riddles

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!

If there are 8 chocolates and you take away 5, how many do you have?
5 of course. If you take 5, what else do you expect to have?

I look like a pearl. Clouds are my grandparents. I am very delicate. I die as soon as anybody touches me. Who am I?

A headless man had a letter to write; It was read by a man who had lost his sight. The dumb repeated it word for word; And deaf was he who listened and heard. Solve this riddle.
The letter in question is the letter "O". It is zero. The man had nothing to write. The blind could read nothing. The person who was dumb could repeat nothing. The deaf man listened and heard nothing.

Does the government of Texas permit a man to marry his widow's sister?
No question of legitimacy, because the man is already dead!

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

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.

Some months have 31 days, some have 30 days, how many months in the Gregorian calendar have 28?
All the 12 months!

On an average, how many birthdays do men on earth have?
1, just one! It is the day when we hit the earth. It is a different story that we celebrate our birthday every year, which actually implies Anniversary.

I have keys but can't open any lock, I have space but no room. Who am I?
Keyboard

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