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Chemists have created the world's thinnest spaghetti (www.engadget.com)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It probably has a disgusting texture, like eating tangled hair.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

Wouldn't it also look very similar to a ball of hair when plated and served? Supposedly the individual strands are thinner than some wavelengths of light, so it's kinda hard to visualize