General Riddles

When is a man drowned, but still not wet?
When he's trapped in quicksand.

What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
A stamp.

What is the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the start of every end, and the end of every race?
The letter 'E'.

The captain of a ship was telling this interesting story: "We traveled the sea far and wide. At one time, two of my sailors were standing on opposite sides of the ship. One was looking west and the other one east. And at the same time, they could see each other clearly." How can that be possible?
The marines were standing back against the sides of the ship so they were looking at each other. It does not matter where the ship is (of course it does not apply to the North and South Pole).

What gets broken without being held?
A promise.

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

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.

What is as light as a feather, but even the world's strongest man couldn't hold it for more than a minute?
His breath.

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

I reach for the sky, but clutch to the ground; sometimes I leave, but I am always around. What am I?

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