I am the black child of a white father, a wingless bird, flying even to the clouds of heaven. I give birth to tears of mourning in pupils that meet me, even though there is no cause for grief, and at once on my birth, I am dissolved into air. What am I?

If a wheel has 54 spokes, how many spaces are there between the spokes?

I guess 76.8% of readers will like this riddle.

What's the least number of people should read this post?

Begin with a word, five letters to my name,
Remove the first and last but I am the same
Take out my middle and still, I remain.
What word am I?

A newspaper is supposed to have 60 pages.Pages 14 and 21 are missing from the newspaper.

Can you tell me , Which other pages won't be there as well ?

If a shopkeeper can only place the weights on one side of the common balance. For example, if he has weights 1 and 3 then he can measure 1, 3 and 4 only. Now the question is how many minimum weights and names of the weights you will need to measure all weights from 1 to 1000? This is a fairly simple problem and very easy to prove also.

Can you count the number of seconds in a year?

Clue: You need to bother about calculation.

I never stop running even when I standstill. If I am formed by joining two identical bodies together, can you guess who I am?

What word does this rebus represent?

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