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Why Does Popcorn Pop? (2016x275)

Air date: Dec 21, 2016

→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →How "Dick" cam“” is a special kind of Flint corn, also known as “Indian corn” and sometimes “Calico corn”. Flint corn is readily recognizable as the kernels have a hard outer shell, likened to flint, hence the name. This hard outer shell is essential in making popcorn kernels pop. In fact, popcorn is the only type of corn that will pop. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/07/why-popcorn-pops/ Sources: http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/20-things-you-didnt-know-about-popcorn1.htm http://www.livescience.com/mysteries/060920_popcorn_pop.html http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/050414_popcorn.html http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/question255.htm http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/home/popcorn.html http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=3&RecNum=2214 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint_corn http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popcorn http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretors