chloeblossom

My favorite fun fact is that the microwave was discovered and created on accident!

The microwave was invented accidentally in 1945 by a self-taught engineer named Percy Spencer, who was leading a radon project for the defense giant, Raytheon. While testing a new vacuum tube called a magnetron, he discovered that a chocolate bar in his pocket had melted from the heat. He decided to try another experiment by placing some popcorn kernels near the magnetron, and he watched as the kernels popped into fluffy popcorns.

Thus, the microwave was born! Even better, it looked like this:

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