Why is it that all of yesterday’s food passes through stomach acid and dozens of feet of intestines, yet sweet corn comes out whole?

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In: Biology

Answer 1

It doesn’t. The inside of the kernel gets digested, and the outside shell part does not. The shell part then gets filled with poop to make it look like a whole kernel again.

Answer 2

The skin of corn is resistant to acids. If you chew them well you will digest the inside just like everything else.