It's a little known fact that the expression "eye teeth" derives from a breed of horses raised by King Wilbur the First for the sole purpose of presenting them as gifts to visiting noblemen. These horses could actually see through their teeth, an ability which enables them to distinguish between wild oats and tame oats and even maresied oats, the latter of which the males would not swallow but would masticate into a hard wad which they would spit at the females as part of their courting ritual.
As it became known that this characteristic improved their capacity as stud animals, the guest would often attempt to compare the visual acuity of the beasts before making their selection. Since the result of this practice was often a gooey projectile in their own ocular organ, the task eventually deflected to the grooms, who solved the problem by segregating the males and females.
Ecobiologists are still trying to determine why the breed became extinct. Which leads one to the conclusion that their hindsight is aptly named.
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