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What is born long, dies short, and spends its life leaving a trail?
Even the oldest ones can be described as current, but a little mainstream.
Cows do this to salt and humans do it to ice cream.
Written on with words of white, Has the color of the night, Is the teacher's best delight, And a student's daily fright
Possibly the only famous plumber who has the courage to ever to rescue a princess.
What never gets any wetter no matter how hard it rains?