How many minutes are there in Feb 2017?

Note: The shortest answer is the correct answer.

A word I know,
Six letters contain,
Subtract just one,
And twelve is what remains.

My thunder comes before the lightning; my lightning comes before clouds; my rain dries all the land it touches. What am I?

There is a shop where written:
Buy 1 for $1
10 for $2
100 for $3
I needed 999 and still only paid $3. How could this be financially viable for the shop-keeper?

Two batsman each on 94 runs. Seven runs needed to win in last 3 balls. Both make 100*. How?

Lifeless eyes on my smiling face and watch your child's sleeping place. In their dreams they hold me tight. What am I?

Use the digits from 1 up to 9 and make 100.

Follow the rules.
=> Each digit should be used only once.
=> You can only use addition.
=> For making a number, two single digits can be combined (for example, 4 and 2 can be combined to form 42 or 24)
=> A fraction can also be made by combining the two single digits (for example, 4 and 2 can be combined to form 4/2 or 2/4)

Question: how can we do this?

How can you take 2 from 5 and leave 4?

What has a ring but no finger?

Two fathers and two sons went fishing one day. They were there the whole day and only caught 3 fish. One father said, that is enough for all of us, we will have one each. How can this be possible?