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Is it weird to save long fingernails that broke off? any use for them?
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Well...: You can put them under your pillow at night and the nail fairy will leave you a dollar. (and let me tell you, the nail fairy is pretty damn ugly. Not cute like the tooth fairy.) other than that, there isn't much you can do with them.
Answered 12/8/2012
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