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Q | Season 6 | Sep 21, 2012 | 5:37

Cultural Hall of Shame: Microwave Popcorn

Elvira Kurt is back in Studio Q and she's bringing the shame to an affliction known as "microwave popcorn lung", the lawsuit filed as a result of it, and the subject of microwave popcorn in general.

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