Once they sailed the sea, now they surf the web

Answer: pirates

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One sunny afternoon, three men go for a ride on a hot air balloon over the Sahara desert. An hour into the trip, the balloon begins to lose altitude. A month later, someone found one of the ballooners laying on the desert sand dead, naked, and holding half a toothpick. What happened to him?
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Only two backbones and thousands of ribs.
Pair me with baking, I turn from colored to white, I'm dirt cheap; in stores and restaurants I abound. When I use my alias I can make quite a noise, Or in music, a much more well-liked sound.
People are hired to get rid of me. I'm often hiding under your bed. In time I'll always return you see. Bite me and you're surely dead.
People like this usually live in rural areas, unless they are lucky enough to strike oil and move to Beverly Hills.
Pirates put their booty in it.
Plant whose name sounds like a dish full of dairy spread.
Plow and hoe, reap and sow, What soon does every farmer grow?
Put into a pit, locked beneath a grate, guarded through the night, yet it still goes out.