General Riddles

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

I have four sides. Anyone can calculate my area if they come to know the length of any one side of mine. I have four right angles within me. Which shape am I?

Some months have 31 days, some have 30 days, how many months in the Gregorian calendar have 28?
All the 12 months!

What is half of 4 plus 4?
6. Explanation: Half of 4 is 2 and then plus 4 is 6.

I don't have legs but I have hands. I can run but I can't walk. Who am I?
A clock.

Place the following letters in such a manner that it becomes something which is used to clean: boas
soap (flip the alphabet b so that it becomes p).

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.

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

I come form North, East, West and South. I give you lots of information either verbally or textually. Who am I?

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

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