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Jul 2021
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Ketchup

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The Complete Guide Summer Series continues with everyone’s favorite summer condiment: ketchup. You can literally put it on everything, but should you? Be sure to stay tuned after the first half for a scintillating discussion about the physics of ketchup that you won’t wanna miss.

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