Is Task.Factory.StartNew() guaranteed to create at least one new thread?

Question

I understand that the TPL does not necessarily create a new thread for every task in a parallel set, but does it always create at least one? eg:

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Answer 1

DoSomethingTimely will get called very quickly, but what does that have to do with creating a new thread, or adding the task to a queue?