General Riddles

What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
A stamp.

We are 3 friends. Our product and our sum always give the same answer. Who are we?
1, 2, 3.

What is always coming but never arrives?
Tomorrow.

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.

I am white in color. You can't see me in water. I am appreciated if only added in the right measure. Who am I?

What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?
Your Name

Let us imagine that you are standing at the southern-most point of the earth. Now on the eastern side of that point is an island and on the western side of that point is a lake. Which one is closer to you - the island or the lake - and why?
Neither of the two because when you are standing at the southern-most point of the earth, all directions are north.

If it took fifteen men ten days to build a tower, how long would it take four men to build it?
No time at all, as the tower it is already built!

What has a head and a tail, but no body?

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