Answer:
I have palms but not on hands I offer foods from distant lands When at my peak you'll see me smoke I'm famous for my friendly folk My flowers grow and yet they lay There's fire where a man will play.
Tear me off and scratch my head what once red is now black.
What can be as big as an elephant but weighs nothing?
I am essential to life on earth! I am split into thirds. Two thirds are the same. One of the thirds is 8. The other two are 1 each.
I can go through glass without breaking it.
Whoever made me don't want me. Whoever bought me don't need me. Whoever use me don't know me.