General Riddles

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

A container without hinges, lock or a key, yet a golden treasure lies inside me. What am I?

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

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

We are 3 friends. Our product and our sum always give the same answer. Who are we?
1, 2, 3.

What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter "M"

I am an English word. I have three consecutive double letters. Who am I?
Bookkeeper

Let us imagine that you are standing at the southern-most point of the earth. Now on the eastern side of that point is an island and on the western side of that point is a lake. Which one is closer to you - the island or the lake - and why?
Neither of the two because when you are standing at the southern-most point of the earth, all directions are north.

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

I am a seven letter word. I am very heavy. Take away two letters from me and you will get 8. Take away one letter from me and you will get 80. Who am I?

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