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Anything to the story (urban legend?) I grew up hearing about the origin of the microwave oven being from sailors witnessing sea birds being cooked by the radar
by JKCalhoun 2y ago
Anything to the story (urban legend?) I grew up hearing about the origin of the microwave oven being from sailors witnessing sea birds being cooked by the radar dishes on their ships?
- hyperdimension 2y agoFunny. The story I was told was a soldier's chocolate bar melted in his pocket when next to a radar antenna. Who knows, maybe it was neither.
- richk449 2y agoIt’s a well documented story: https://www.technologyreview.com/1999/01/01/236818/melted-chocolate-to-microwave/ https://www.technologyreview.com/1999/01/01/236818/melted-ch... It was Percy Spencer - fourth employee at Raytheon (third employee was Vannevar Bush, for reference)