General Riddles

What happens when an elephant sits on a chair?
It's time to buy a new chair!

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.

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

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

There are three men in a boat with four cigarettes but no matches. How do they manage to smoke?
They throw one cigarette overboard and made the boat a cigarette lighter.

What gets wetter as it dries?
A towel.

What has a head and a tail, but no body?

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

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?

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

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