General Riddles

The diameter of a hole is 4ft 5in. How much dirt does it contain?
A hole has no dirt in it. It contains only air.

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

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?

A tunnel is 650m long. How far can a horse run into the tunnel if the horse is running at a speed of 10km/hr?
325m Explanation: After that the horse is running out of the tunnel.

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.

What is that which everybody has seen but will never see again?
Yesterday

I have a tongue but I can't talk. I have no legs or wings but I can move from one place to another. Who am I?

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

What is it that's always coming but never arrives?
Tomorrow.

I'm the start of nothing and the end of sun and I'm also in the number one What am I?
The letter "N".

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