A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

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Entry from April 08, 2020
“Popcorn is probably just as unique as snowflakes”

Are popcorn kernels unique, like snowflakes? “Popcorn is like snowflakes: every piece is unique! and tasty” was posted on Twitter by Kylie Atherstone on September 4, 2009. “Popcorn kernels are just like snowflakes: each one is different and unique” was posted on Twitter by Z.Quill on February 5, 2012.
   
“Popcorn is probably just as unique as snowflakes, but nobody cares” was posted on Reddit—Showerthoughts on April 8, 2020.
 
   
Twitter
Kylie Atherstone
@kyatherstone
popcorn is like snowflakes: every piece is unique! and tasty.
1:25 AM · Sep 4, 2009·Twitter Web Client
 
Twitter
Mean Muggin’
@jimispoon8
popcorn kernels start out looking the same and then when they pop they are like snowflakes, each one unique….awww.
3:56 PM · Jan 13, 2010·Twitter Web Client
   
Twitter
Vachenzo
@Vachenzo
you know how every snowflake is unique? well every popcorn pop is even more unique. and delicious.
10:34 PM · Jun 10, 2010·TweetDeck
   
Twitter
greg laporta
@pianozen
Food for thought: No two popped popcorn kernels are alike, each one as unique as a snowflake.
10:37 PM · Jul 1, 2010·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
Z.Quill
@ZSillyRomance
Popcorn kernels are just like snowflakes: each one is different and unique.
7:08 PM · Feb 5, 2012·Twitter Web Client
   
Twitter
Gaby
@gaby_ruzgas
Just like snowflakes, every piece of popcorn has a unique shape #Popcornfacts
11:19 PM · Feb 17, 2014·Twitter for iPhone
 
Twitter
Shapeshiffter
@jimeetshh
If every snowflake is unique, is every piece of popcorn unique? #NationalPopcornDay
2:23 PM · Jan 19, 2016·Twitter Web Client
       
Twitter
The Malcontent
@TheMal_Content
Every snowflake is unique,
but then again so is every piece of popcorn.
4:29 PM · Sep 24, 2017·Twitter for Android
 
WGBH News
When It Comes To Snowflakes And Popcorn Kernels, Is It True That No Two Are Alike?
By Edgar B. Herwick III
January 10, 2018
(...)
But, like snowflakes, each kernel is just a little different — inside and out. Plus, there are small variations in the temperature, even if you are heating it all inside the same vessel.
 
Rekdal’s conclusion?
 
“I think it would be rare to find two popcorn [kernels] that look exactly the same, but I think that’s something that science doesn’t yet know,” he said.
 
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/TastyMalort April 8, 2020
Popcorn is probably just as unique as snowflakes, but nobody cares.

Posted by Barry Popik
New York CityFood/Drink • Wednesday, April 08, 2020 • Permalink


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