General Riddles

A grandfather, a father and 2 sons were having tea in the garden. But there are only 3 cups on the table. Justify how.
Grandfather is the father of one son and he himself also has one son. That makes two fathers and two sons.

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.

There are a few trees in a garden. On one of them, a pear tree, there are pears (quite logical). But after a strong wind blew, there were neither pears on the tree nor on the ground. How come?
At first, there were 2 pears on the tree. After the wind blew, one pear fell on the ground. So there where no pears on the tree and there were no pears on the ground.

What comes twice in a week, once in a year, but never in a month or a day?
The Letter 'E'.

I come form North, East, West and South. I give you lots of information either verbally or textually. Who am I?

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

Feed me and I live, yet give me a drink and I die.

I don't have eyes, but once I did see. Once I had thoughts, but now I'm white and empty.

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?

Imagine you are in a dark room. How do you get out?
Stop imagining.

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