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    May 8, 2012, 09:18 AM
    I need this riddle solved
    I was taken from a mine and placed in a wooden box, never to be opened again, yet I am used by almost everyone.
    What am I?
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    May 8, 2012, 09:51 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by wilsonb View Post
    I was taken from a mine and placed in a wooden box, never to be opened again, yet i am used by almost everyone.
    What am i?
    I'm thinking the answer may be salt. Salt comes from a salt mine, is placed into a salt shaker (which may be a form of a wooden box), and the salt shaker is not opened again.
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    May 8, 2012, 09:55 AM
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