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Thursday, April 21, 2005

Mystery Solved!

Experts Solve Mystery of Unpopped Popcorn!
By RICK CALLAHAN, Associated Press Writer

INDIANAPOLIS - Eat your way to the bottom of almost any bag of popcorn and there they are: the rock-hard, jaw-rattling unpopped kernels known as old maids. The nuisance kernels have kept many a dentist busy, but their days could be numbered: Scientists say they now know why some popcorn kernels resist popping into puffy white globes.

The Popcorn Board: http://www.popcorn.org/

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