A rich person doesn't need it A poor person has it And if you eat it you will die. What is it?

Answer: Nothing.

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A riddle in which the answer is a 6 letter word. A monument - men all agree - am I in all sincerity. Half cat, half hindrance made. If head and tail removed should be, then most of all you strengthen me; replace my head, then stand you see on which my tail is laid. What is it?
A ship that puts a road in order, What is it?
A woman went into a bank to cash an insurance refund check. By mistake the teller gave her dollars for cents and cents for dollars. She put the money in her purse but accidentally dropped a nickel on the floor. When she got home, she found that she had exactly twice the amount of the check she had cashed. She didn't have any money in her wallet before going to the bank. What was the exact amount of that check?
About the size of a squash, He robs the whole village. What is it?
Alive without breath, as cold as death; Never thirsty, ever drinking, All in mail never clinking. What is it?
Almost everyone sees me without noticing me, For what is beyond is what he or she seeks. What am I?
An archaeologist finds a coin dated 48 B.C. How did he know it was a fake?
As destructive as life, As healing as death; An institutioner of strife, Just as prone to bless. It is all that is good, Yet with an evil trend; As it was the beginning of things, It can also be the end. What is it?
As I went across the bridge, I met a man with a load of wood which was neither straight nor crooked. What kind of wood was it?
At the sound of me, men may dream, Or stamp their feet. At the sound of me, women may laugh, Or sometimes weep. What am I?
Big as a biscuit, deep as a cup, even a river can't fill it up. What is it?
Black I am and much admired, men seek me until they're tired. When they find me, they break my head, and take from me my resting bed. What am I?