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title: "My sister read that if birds overeat rice, the rice will swell up in…"
date: 2020-10-25
source: facebook
type: Archer T. Ships updated his status.
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# My sister read that if birds overeat rice, the rice will swell up in…

*October 25, 2020 · Facebook*

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My sister read that if birds overeat rice, the rice will swell up in their bellies and cause them to explode.\
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A kind hearted soul who did not want exploding birds at her wedding, J handed out packets of birdseed instead of rice for the guests to throw as she and her new groom emerged from the chapel doors.\
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So there we were, a crowd of family lined up on both sides of the sidewalk. As bride and groom emerged we all started hucking birdseed into the air above them.\
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The little kids and babies succumbed first, crying and rubbing their eyes. Then the older kids and parents began coughing uncontrollably.\
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What J did not realize\--what no one realized until too late\--is that birdseed is often heavily laced with capsaicin powder, to dissuade squirrels from eating the seed.\
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It\'s often said, but there was truly not a dry eye to be found that day.
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