Yes. Rice expands when it absorbs water
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tamal3@lemmy.world 2 months agoWasn’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.
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
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.
Event_Horizon@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It was a rumour from the 80’s that is completely false
linky to snopes
tamal3@lemmy.world 1 month ago
So good to know. The falseness lived on, cautiously, in me.