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 a zookeeper had 100 pairs of animals in her zoo, and two pairs of babies are born for each one of the original animals, then (sadly) 23 animals don’t survive, how many animals do you have left in total?

Different lights make me strange by changing me into different sizes. What am I?

Can you find the dog hidden in a group of pandas?

John was piloting a plane behind a car but was never able to overtake it. Why?

When you say goodbye, I am what you need to tie.
I come as a couple and go wherever you run.
Who am I?

Sherlock breaks into a crime scene. The victim is the owner who is slumped dead on a chair and have a bullet hole in his head. A gun lies on the floor and a cassette recorder is found on the table. On pressing the play button, Sherlock hears the message 'I have committed sins in my life and now I offer my soul to the great Lord' and followed a gunshot Sherlock smiles and informed the police that's its a murder.

Why did he think so?

Replace the letters of words with a number so that the below equation holds true

BASE +
BALL
---------
GAMES
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Can you identify the hidden rebus in the image below?

It can't be seen, can't be felt, can't be heard, and can't be smelt.
It lies behind stars and under hills, And empty holes it fills.
It comes first and follows after, Ends life, and kills laughter.
What is it?