General Riddles

What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees. Up, up, up it goes, And yet never grows?
Mountain.

I have a mouth but I can't speak, I can run but I can't walk. Who am I?

Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
Neither, they both weigh one pound.

Show that half of 5 equals to 4.
Remove F and E from FIVE IV = 4 (Roman)

A ladder hangs over the side of a ship anchored in a port. The bottom rung touches the water. The distance between rungs is 20 cm and the length of the ladder is 180 cm. The tide is rising at the rate of 15 cm each hour. When will the water reach the seventh rung from the top?
If the tide is raising water, then it is raising the ship on water, too. So water will reach still the first rung.

I cannot speak but I tell everything. I am not a tree but I have leaves. I have hinges but I am neither a door nor a window. Who am I?

On an average, how many birthdays do men on earth have?
1, just one! It is the day when we hit the earth. It is a different story that we celebrate our birthday every year, which actually implies Anniversary.

I am transparent. You can see and feel me, but you cannot hold me. I always take the shape of my container. Who am I?

I am very fragile. I crack easily. If you cry in front of me, I too start crying. If you smile at me, then I too smile back. Who am I?

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.

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