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    "claim": "Popcorn pops because each kernel is startled by the kernel next to it.",
    "quote": "Fake fact (not true): Popcorn pops because each kernel is startled by the kernel next to it.",
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    "details": "Nobody knows which kernel goes first, and it has never owned up. The ones left at the bottom were too calm to join in.",
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      "name": "Snack Behaviour Letters",
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      "text": "Snack Behaviour Letters",
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