General Riddles

When you buy me I am black in color. When you use me I am red and when you discard me I am grey in color. Who am I?
Charcoal

Two lawyers were fighting against each other in a case in a courtroom. One of them is the father of the other's son. How are they related?
They are husband and wife.

What is as light as a feather, but even the world's strongest man couldn't hold it for more than a minute?
His breath.

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

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.

How can you write 23 using the number 2 only 4 times? You can use addition, subtraction, division, multiplication.

If someone robbed you in the shower, what would you be?
An eye wetness.

When is a man drowned, but still not wet?
When he's trapped in quicksand.

Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
Forward I am ton, backwards I am not

A woman met one of her classmates after 20 long years. After exchanging pleasantries, the first woman told the other that she has 4 children, half of them female. At this, the other woman smiled and replied, even half of her children too are female. However, she has 3 children. How is this possible?
The second woman has all female children.

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