Easy simple riddles

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What is it that you throw away the outer side, then cook the insides and then throw away the insides – what is the name of the item?
Corn on the cob. You throw away the husk, cook and eat the corn kernels and throw away the cob.
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You overhear a man talking to a clerk in a hardware store. The clerk says "One will cost you 12 cents, ten will cost your 24 cents, and one hundred will cost you 36 cents." What is the man buying?
The man is buying physical numbers to nail to the front of his house. Each number costs 12 cents, and so "1" will cost 12 cents, "10" will cost 24 cents, and "100" will cost 36 cents.
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