Riddle #128

What kind of ties can you never wear?

For thousands of years, Seen only in tale. The wind as a sail, For one thunderous gale. Shiny stores rich in lore, The burning temper, like Earth's core. What am I?

A man had a book that was worth $40,000. There were only 2 books in existence. He threw it in the furnace, reducing it to a pile of soot. Why did he do this?

I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case from which I’m never released, and yet I am used by many. What am I?

I am alive without breath and cold as death. I am never thirsty but always drinking. What am I?

What has five fingers but is not alive?

What goes through a door but never goes in and never comes out?

What word in the English language does the following: the first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify a great man, the first six letters signify a drug, while the entire world signifies a great woman. What is the word?

Four men were fishing in a boat on the lake. The boat turned over and all four men sank to the bottom of the lake. And yet, not one single man got wet. How is this possible?

What is the similarity between a bottle and a human being?

I'm a fruit. If you take away my first letter, I'm a crime. If you take away my first two letters, I'm an animal. If you take away my first and last letters, I'm a form of music. What am I?