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The July 11 “Mr. Smarty Pants” column said that a person can microwave popcorn with three or more cell phones ringing simultaneously and pointing at the unpopped kernels. This factoid was disproved by Snopes.com, and Mr. Smarty Pants apologizes for any inconvenience this factoid may have caused.
This article appears in July 18 • 2008.
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