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Optional@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year ago

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  • tamal3@lemmy.world
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    Wasn’t there something about not throwing uncooked rice at weddings… as it was causing bird deaths because the rice would expand in their stomachs and kill them? Might be misremembering that.

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      It was a rumour from the 80’s that is completely false

      linky to snopes

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        So good to know. The falseness lived on, cautiously, in me.

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      Yes. Rice expands when it absorbs water

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        I was wrong, you were wrong! We can throw rice at weddings again! I have a great picture of my mom getting married outside with rice being thrown in her face.

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