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A Tic Tac or jellybean, for example, does not have enough water and too few air bubbles to allow it to expand.
From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025
Navy David Fravor testified to the House Oversight Committee about a mysterious, Tic Tac-shaped object that he and three others observed over the Pacific Ocean in 2004.
From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2024
The researchers investigated the anatomy of young Octopus bimaculoides, which are the size of “a big Tic Tac,” says study lead author Adam Kuuspalu, also at Chicago.
From Scientific American • Mar. 7, 2023
After the carrier was decommissioned, Turkish marine recycling company Sök Denizcilik Tic Sti bought the hull for $10.5 million, but had to tow it back across the Atlantic when Turkey barred entry to its shipyard.
From Reuters • Feb. 4, 2023
Yo, I just ate my whole thing of wintergreen Tic Tacs.
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
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