General Riddles

Adam is 13 years old in 1980. In 1985 he is 8 years old. How?
The dates are in BC (Before Christ).

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

A woman met one of her classmates after 20 long years. After exchanging pleasantries, the first woman told the other that she has 4 children, half of them female. At this, the other woman smiled and replied, even half of her children too are female. However, she has 3 children. How is this possible?
The second woman has all female children.

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Footsteps

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?

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!

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

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

Complete the sequence: 4, 7, 15, 29, 59, 117 ?
235 Explanation: 4+3=7 7+4x2=15 15+7x2=29 29+15x2=59 59+29x2=117 117+59x2=235

Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
Forward I am ton, backwards I am not

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