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Fast Facts
- In videos, several friends call three or more cell phones at same time
- Simultaneous ringing appears to pop several kernels of popcorn
- Popcorn videos all appeared within days of each other
- Physicists claim it is impossible to cook food with cell phones
- Original version of this urban legend claimed to cook eggs
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Refuting the Hoax
According to the urban legend website Snopes.com, the claim that a group of cell phones rung simultaneously can cook food has been around since at least the year 2000. The original version of the legend claimed that eggs could be cooked via this method, but the myth has recently evolved to claim that this can be done with popcorn. -
Physicists Pop the Myth
Physicists consistently deny that this is possible; they say if food could be cooked using cell phones, then we would be burning or cooking ourselves severely each time we made a call. In the popcorn videos, physicist Louis Bloomfield of the University of Virginia surmises that video editing or a clandestine heating element beneath the coffee table is creating the phenomena. Wired.com blogger Jenna Wortham suggests the simultaneous appearance of the videos might be part of a secret viral marketing campaign designed to peddle cell phones. -
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Sprint gives Moviegoers Popcorn Coupons via Theatre Kiosk/Cell Phone Scan { effective #shpmkt} http://ff.im/-4YjUj
@ShopperAnnie | July 08, 2009 08:26 PM -
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@ricklavoie | July 06, 2009 02:49 PM -
Y do I need to put away my cell phone but folks can crunch popcorn?
@ConventBound | July 05, 2009 11:32 PM -
at least i'm not getting calls from my brother on my cell phone tonight asking if i have popcorn in the house lol sooo random
@jaytee1313 | July 04, 2009 05:17 AM
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Y do I need to put away my cell phone but folks can crunch popcorn?
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Watching corn turn into popcorn with cell phone radiation. http://tinyurl.com/46frwo
@ricklavoie | July 06, 2009 02:49 PM -
Y do I need to put away my cell phone but folks can crunch popcorn?
@ConventBound | July 05, 2009 11:32 PM -
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