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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?

I don't have legs but I have hands. I can run but I can't walk. Who am I?
A clock.

I am fair and shiny. People use me to find how hot they are. Some call me God. Who am I?

You need to spend a night in a building where there is no power. There are three rooms in this building. On the door of each room there are three different signs. One says "Lions Inside - anyone goes inside becomes their supper", the second one says "Open the door and a machine gun starts firing" and the third one says "Electric Room - touch anything and you will die". Which room would you choose?
Electric Room. Explanation:: There is no power in the building.

I am so fragile that even if anybody says my name I break. Who am I?

What is it that's always coming but never arrives?
Tomorrow.

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.

I go around the world, but always stay in a corner.
Postal Stamp

How can you lift a hippopotamus with one hand?
You won't find a hippo having one hand!

I help all living things to survive. I give shade to others. People use me for their various needs. I have rings to determine my age. Who am I?

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