ShowerThoughts

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Sometimes we have those little epiphanies in the shower.. sometimes they come from other places. This is a home for those epiphanies.

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Some ancient Mesoamerican farmer must have had the hell surprised out of them the first time popcorn was made (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 5 days ago by Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/showerthoughts@sh.itjust.works

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All corn can’t become popcorn, the kernel’s skin in something like yellow corn is too thick. So after corn was domesticated another variety with thinner skin had to emerge before the first popcorn could be made.

Imagine just trying to roast the staple crop you’ve grown up eating and it suddenly explodes and turns into this feather light white fluffy thing. If I didn’t grow up knowing what popcorn was I don’t know what I’d think.

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[–] HoneyMustardGas@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago

I'm glad to see a showerthought on here. It's been awhile. And yea, it must've been a eureka moment.