General Riddles

What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?

Which time of a day when written in capital letters reads the same from all the four sides?

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

When you buy me I am black in color. When you use me I am red and when you discard me I am grey in color. Who am I?
Charcoal

When I get multiplied by any number the sum of the figures in the product is always me. Who I am?
9 e.g. 9 X 6 = 54; 5 + 4= 9

I have one letter but my name is spelled with eight. What am I?
Envelope

Mr. & Mrs. Smith went for a picnic. Mrs. Smith has 5 sons and each son has a sister who has 5 daughters each of whom have 1 brother each. How many of them went for the picnic?
2 people. Explanation: The puzzle only says that Mr. and Mrs. Smith went for a picnic. It does not say that the others accompanied them.

I am a 7 letter word. I become longer when my third letter is removed. Who am I?

Show that half of 5 equals to 4.
Remove F and E from FIVE IV = 4 (Roman)

Decode the following message: AENDFNDFNNIRDERDESIIEIIEAEND
A friend in need is a friend indeed. Explanation: Write the alphabets in four rows for example:

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