Popcorn

1 story about popcorn. It is false.

Popcorn pops because each kernel is startled by the kernel next to it.

Nobody knows which kernel goes first, and it has never owned up. The ones left at the bottom were too calm to join in.

From the Food desk. Fact No. 024. According to the Snack Behaviour Letters.

Correction: this is not true.

Fig. 1. Kernels in a hot pan, after Snack Behaviour Letters. Correction: This diagram shows something that is not true.

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