How did Popcorn become the #1 movie snack?

Who Smarted? - Educational Podcast for Kids

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Education For Kids, Kids & Family

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🗓️ 6 November 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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0:00.0	P. Hey, Smarty Pants, over here.
0:05.0	Shh, quiet!
0:07.0	Oh, sorry, right now, I'm in a movie theater catching a matineer
0:11.0	or afternoon showing of a cool science fiction movie.
0:14.0	But for me, part of the fun of going to the movies is enjoying classic movie snacks.
0:19.0	Do you like to eat snacks while you're watching a movie?
0:23.5	Go ahead, shout out some snacks that you eat at the movies.
0:27.0	Hush!
0:28.0	Sorry, sorry, on second thought, whisper your snacks.
0:32.0	Ah, I'm hearing Skittles, Swedish fish, raisinets, snow caps, all great movie candies.
0:38.0	Ooh, nachos and pretzel bites are good too.
0:41.0	Ah, but there's one delicious salty buttery, sometimes
0:44.9	cheesier caramel covered snack that's practically synonymous with
0:48.2	watching movies both in the theater and at home. In fact, that's what I'm
0:52.0	snacking on right now.
0:53.6	Zip it!
0:56.6	Sorry. Did you say popcorn?
0:59.6	Great.
1:00.6	Popcorn is one of the most popular snack foods in the world, especially in America.
1:05.0	How popular, you ask? Why, if you went to the movies and ordered one of those super large popcorn buckets,
1:11.0	you know, the five quart one that could like fit on your head,
1:14.0	you'd need three billion of them to hold all the popcorn eaten in America each year.
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