I am taken from a mine and shut up in a wooden case

I am taken from a mine and shut up in a wooden case

I am taken from a mine and shut up in a wooden case

Riddle me this:

I am taken from a mine and shut up in

I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost every person. What am I?

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Answer

Pencil lead / graphite.

 

Solve me this:

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A prisoner is told: ”If you tell a lie we will hang you” ”If you tell the truth we will shoot you”.

What can he say to save himself?

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ANSWER

He said: ”You will hang me.”