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Fortune cookies
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Fortune cookies have been a popular dessert in the USA for a long time.
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You can often see them in many Chinese restaurants there.
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They are well-known not for their taste, but for their sayings.
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Here are some common fortunes:
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1. Knowledge is power.
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2. The world belongs to hard-working people.
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3. If you want to have a rainbow, you must put up with the rain.
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4. When a blind man leads another, both fall down.
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5. Dig your well before you are thirsty.
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6. You have to kiss a lot of frogs to find your prince or princess.
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Fortune cookies have been an interesting feature of Chinese restaurants in the USA
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since they became common in the early 1900s.
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It is fun to get the fortune cookies
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and share the wise sayings with family and friends.
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It is a wonderful way to end a happy meal.