Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?

Samuel was out for a walk when it started to rain. He did not have an umbrella and he wasn't wearing a hat. His clothes were soaked, yet not a single hair on his head got wet. How could this happen?

If,

A = 1

B = 2

C = 3

...

...

Z = 26.

Based on above rule, you need to find an eleven letter word whose letter sum is equal to 52.

I make two people out of one. What am I?

A certain street contains 100 buildings. They are numbered from 1 to 100. How many 9's are used in these numbers?

I look flat, but I am deep. Hidden realms I shelter. Lives I take, but the food I offer. At times I am beautiful. I can be calm, angry, and turbulent. I have no heart but offer pleasure as well as death. No man can own me, yet I encompass what all men must have. What am I?

What breaks yet never falls, and what falls yet never breaks?

How many letters are in the alphabet?

I am the beginning of the end, and the end of time and space. I am essential to creation, and I surround every place. What am I?

I am dry when I go inside, but wet when I am pulled outside.
The longer I am inside, the stronger I get
When I am completely out, I am wet and I literally sag
Who am I?