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Candoluminescence

Candoluminescence is like magic light that comes from candy!

You know how sometimes when you are chewing your favorite candy, it feels like it sparkles in your mouth? Well, that sparkle is actually candoluminescence.

When you bite into candy, it gets crushed and pressed really hard. This causes some of the atoms in the candy to get really excited and jiggle around like crazy!

When the atoms calm down, they release some of that energy in the form of light. That light is what we see as candoluminescence.

So next time you eat a candy and it sparkles in your mouth, you can tell your friends that you are actually witnessing candoluminescence – a magical light that comes from your candy!
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