General Riddles

Who makes it, has no need of it. Who buys it, has no use for it. Who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What is it?
A coffin.

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.

Name four days of the week starting with the alphabet "T".
Tuesday, Thursday, Today and Tomorrow

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

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

Sam's son is the brother of the only sister of Andrew. Dorothy, the only daughter of Sam, has only two brothers. What is the relation between Sam and Andrew?
Sam is Andrew's father.

I have just one, but with eight to spare, I am usually friendly, but I sometimes act like I don't care. What am I?
A cat (9 lives).

You can find me in the middle of each month in all the countries. You can always find me only in the night but never in the day.
The alphabet "N".

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

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.

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