DID YOU KNOW ................

Scientists researching why some popcorn doesn’t pop have at last found an answer and are now moving to discover ways to eliminate this from buckets of popcorn world wide.

“It’s long been known that popcorn kernels must have a precise moisture level in their starchy center — about 15 percent — to explode. But Purdue University researchers found the key to a kernel’s explosive success lies in the composition of its hull.

Unpopped kernels, it turns out, have leaky hulls that prevent the moisture pressure buildup needed for them to pop and lack the optimal hull structure that allows most kernels to explode.”