Where can Mexicans and tourists practice illegally crossing the US border? Detailed answer

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Where can Mexicans and tourists practice illegally crossing the US border?

In the Mexican state of Hidalgo, tourists can visit the Eco Alberto amusement park, one of the most popular attractions in which is an imitation of an illegal border crossing with the United States called "Caminata Nocturna".

For a fee of $20, participants are offered a night trip of 12 km lasting several hours. During it, the "emigrants" will have to run, wade through thickets and mountain paths, crawl under barbed wire fences, and also hide from foot and car patrols of the "border guards", who even shoot with blank cartridges.

Although critics say that such an attraction can be used for training by future defectors, its organizers assure that the real border crossing is incomparably more difficult and dangerous.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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Who Invented the Pencil?

Modern pencils are no more than 200 years old. Approximately 500 years ago, graphite was discovered in the mines of the city of Cumberland in England. It is believed that at the same time began to produce and graphite pencils.

In the German city of Nuremberg, the famous Faber family began making pencils from 1760 using graphite powder, but not entirely successfully. Finally, in 1795, a certain Comte invented pencils made from a mixture of graphite and certain types of clay and fired in a kiln. This technology is still used today.

"Simple" pencils are made of graphite, which leaves a dark mark on paper.

In the production of pencils, dry graphite powder is mixed with clay and water. The more clay, the harder the pencil, the more graphite, the softer the lead. After the mixture is formed into a paste-like paste, it is passed through a molding press, obtaining thin sticky ropes. They are straightened, cut to size, dried and sent to the kiln for firing. Wooden blanks from cedar or pine are cut in half lengthwise and a groove for the lead is cut out. Both halves with lead are then glued together. The boards are cut into pencils, their outer side is polished.

Today, more than 300 types of pencils are produced for various activities. You can buy simple pencils of different hardness or order pencils in 72 colors! There are pencils for writing on glass, fabric, cellophane, plastic and film. There are pencils used in construction that leave marks on outdoor surfaces for years!

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