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I never was, am always to be. No one ever saw me, nor ever will. And yet I am the confidence of all, To live and breath on this terrestrial ball.
My thunder comes before the lightning. My lightning comes before the clouds. My rain dries all the land it touches.
Take one out and scratch my head, I am now black but once was red.
George, Helen, and Steve are drinking coffee. Bert, Karen, and Dave are drinking soda. Is Elizabeth drinking coffee or soda?
What can you put in a barrel to make it lighter?
Almost everyone needs it, asks for it, gives it. But almost nobody takes it.