Why are televisions attracted to people?

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

Today, I celebrated my 32nd birthday but I was born in 1972.
How is this possible?

Can you write down eight eights so that they add up to one thousand?

The peacock is a bird that does not lay eggs. How do they get baby peacocks?

A father's child, a mother's child, yet no one's son.

Who am I?

John enters a small room. The Door Closes.
When the door opens, John is in a larger room.

Explain?

On the dull night when the blonde was dozing, she heard an odd clamour and she saw that there was a bizarre man with a gun simply outside her home. So she raced to the telephone to call the police, however, she can't dial 911. Why?

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?

Twice ten are six of us,

Six are but three of us,

Nine are but four of us;

What can we possibly be?

Would you know more of us?

Twelve are but six of us,

Five are but four, do you see?

What are we?