General Riddles

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

Tear one off and scratch my head what was red is black instead.
A matchstick.

Complete the sequence: 49 61 51 63 53 65 55 ?
67 Explanation: Alternate numbers increase by 2. 49 become 51 then 53 and so on. Similarly, 61 becomes 63 and then 65.

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

Two girls were born to the same mother, on the same day, at the same time, in the same month and year and yet they're not twins. How can this be?
The two babies are two of a set of triplets.

You can catch me but cannot throw me. Who am I?

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

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

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

Who makes it, has no need of it. Who buys it, has no use for it. Who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What is it?
A coffin.

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