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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Zacryon@feddit.org 2 months ago
Cooked rice? Really? TIL.
tamal3@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Event_Horizon@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It was a rumour from the 80’s that is completely false
tamal3@lemmy.world 1 month ago
So good to know. The falseness lived on, cautiously, in me.
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Yes. Rice expands when it absorbs water
tamal3@lemmy.world 1 month ago
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.
JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The cooked part is very important.