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Steam pressure builds in the interior of the kernel until a breaking point occurs in the kernel's shell. Because so much pressure has built up, the interior explodes through the shell and is instantly filled with air, thus its puffiness. The trick is to find the right thickness of the shell, humidity, heat, etc to allow for the largest popped corn.

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