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Weren't microwave ovens invented because someone's chocolate melted in their pocket while operating a radio transmitter? Maybe it's just a lady godiva story sin
by moffkalast 2y ago
Weren't microwave ovens invented because someone's chocolate melted in their pocket while operating a radio transmitter? Maybe it's just a lady godiva story since it seems weird that the person wouldn't feel overly hot as well, but maybe.
- marcosdumay 2y agoIt's a well known story, he was doing maintenance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave_oven#Discovery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave_oven#Discovery The thing is, you don't need a lot of extra heat to melt a chocolate bar on your pocket. It's perfectly possible that everybody felt hot when working on an active radar, but didn't discuss it or maybe even notice the correlation.
- InvisGhost 2y agoThe bit on that wikipedia page about reanimating frozen hamsters is a bit of a sci-fi nightmare
- moffkalast 2y agoTom Scott has a great video on that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tdiKTSdE9Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tdiKTSdE9Y
- moffkalast 2y agoOh wow it's even known what brand of a bar it was, funny that. > The first food deliberately cooked with Spencer's microwave oven was popcorn, and the second was an egg, which exploded in the face of one of the experimenters. They were having a blast I see.