General Riddles

I am a six letter word. Subtract one letter and twelve will remain. Who am I?

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

Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
Neither, they both weigh one pound.

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

Tim came second in Math. When his mother asked him how much he had scored, he answered that he got the sum of the first 9 even numbers. His mother immediately worked out the answer. How much had he scored in Math?
90 Explanation: Sum = (n x n) + n Hence, 9 x 9 = 81 + 9 = 90

Make the following equation correct by using only 1 line: 102 + 5 + 8 = 650
102+548=650 (use the single line to make the + 4)

An American woman living in Australia was refused a burial in India. Why?
Living people can't be buried, isn't it!

How many times is the alphabet "a" used while writing the spelling of each number from 1 to 500?
Not a single time.

I have a mouth but I can't speak, I can run but I can't walk. Who am I?

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

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