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It is greater than God and more evil than the devil. The poor have it, the rich need it, and if you eat it you'll die.
Five hundred begins it, five hundred ends it. Five in the middle is seen. First of all figures, the first of all letters. Take up their stations between. Join all together, and then you will bring before you the name of an eminent king.
An open ended barrel, it is shaped like a hive. It is filled with the flesh, and the flesh is alive.
I can be written, I can be spoken, I can be exposed, I can be broken.
Runs smoother than any rhyme, loves to fall but cannot climb!
When is it bad luck to see a black cat?
Difficult
Animal
Easy
Food
Funny
Kids
Logic
What am I?