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135 = Pasta Water Solution and QR Code Substitution

May 25, 2026 · 52 min

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🍝 Why do we put salt in pasta water?

👾 Can you put bespoke characters in to a QR Code?

🌼And Spring Has Sprung (in the UK) so there’s some Any Other Bloomsness


Head to our socials to see some frankly-very-silly-but-fully-operational QR Codes.


Boiling and Freezing Points of Pure and Salty Water https://van.physics.illinois.edu/ask/listing/1457


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