That all the wine formerly served in Italian restaurants was made in the cellar, and was artificially coloured with some sort of dye that was very harmful to the stomach.
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That bootblacks whistle because they are so happy.
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That stokers on ocean liners are from long service so used to the heat of the furnaces that they don't notice it.
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That what draws men to horse races is love of the sport.
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That tarantulas often come from the tropics in bunches of bananas, and that when one of them stings a negro on the wharf he swells up, turns green and dies within three hours.