General Riddles

A shepherd has 18 goats. All but 6 die. How many are left?
6 of course!

Place a word with 4 letters in between the two words so that it can be used as a prefix and suffix to make two new words. SPOILS_______ION

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

What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?
Your Name

I run around a house but I don't move. Who am I?

What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years?
The letter m.

What gets wetter as it dries?
A towel.

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.

As I was going to the mall I met a man with seven wives, Each wive held two bags, Each bag held a mother cat, Each mother cat had six babies, How many people where going to the mall?
One! As I was going to the mall I met a man...

I am slim and tall, Many find me desirable and appealing. They touch me and I give a false good feeling. Once I shine in splendor, But only once and then no more. For many I am "to die for". What am I?
A Cigarette

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