With the help clues provided in the image, can you find the 5 digit key?

John was so frustrated to be the suspect of being a sleeper terrorist that he shoot himself right between the eyes with a revolver in his toilet. The revolver and the bullets were accurate. Minutes later John walks out of the toilet unharmed.
How can this be possible?

I have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I?

The day before yesterday I was 25 and the next year I will be 28. This is true only one day in a year. What day is my birthday?

The captain of a ship was telling this interesting story: "We travelled the sea far and wide. At one time, two of my sailors were standing on opposite sides of the ship. One was looking west and the other one east. And at the same time, they could see each other clearly." How can that be possible?

What is the riddle which can be asked all day with a different correct answer each time.

What are the next two letters in the following series and why?
W A T N T L I T F S _ _

*Hint: Check Puzzle Title

I am soft and cuddly that soothe your heart. But, If you pick my last name I am going to tear you all apart. Who am I?

If I remove one from eleven it becomes Ten and if I remove one from nine also becomes Ten. How?

An evil man kidnapped someone and made them take one of two pills. One was harmless, but the other was poisonous. Whichever pill the victim took, the kidnapper took the other one. The victim took their pill with water and died. The kidnapper survived. How did the kidnapper get the harmless pill?