The microwave has a messy origin story. That’s how innovation works sometimes. If you’ve ever nuked a Hot Pocket or used your ...
The microwave has evolved into one of the most popular household appliances in the world, but few people know that it was invented entirely by accident. In 1945, Percy Spencer, an American self ...
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Rather, Spencer would gain fame for a mistake that led to the mass proliferation of the microwave oven. A pocketed candy bar was exposed to the microwaves the magnetron gave off when Spencer stood ...