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>>but your capillaries explode,
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>Only the ones near the surface of the body;

Those certainly do; lovebites (hickeys) provide relevant evidence. The pressure
differential there is very mild
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>>your lungs burst like baloons,
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>Only if you're stupid enough to try to hold your breath;

No - if you hold your breath you eardrums blow. Once your lungs lose
pressure, you'll get an embolism (bubbles of nitrogen obstructing blood flow)
pdq.

>>your blood boils,
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>No, the strength of the skin, muscles, blood vessel walls, etc. can maintain
>the blood at a high enough pressure it doesn't boil.

but the evidence above shows capillaries rupture
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>>and your interior becomes a mass of People Jelly.
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>'Fraid not.  Really, the results are little different than surfacing from a
>deep dive too quickly.

I believe it's possible to pop popcorn at room temperature given a good enough
vacuum.



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