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I explained to him that most great discoveries where discovered by accidents
Ironic that he made his accidental discovery in a appliance that was discovered by accident. The genius that was working with microwaves(not the appliance, but the wave...you know what I mean) noticed that the candy bar in his pocket melted. Just another idiot that became famous by accident. We learned about lot of famous idiots in Chemistry class. :D
 

dkozloski

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According to an article in Scientific American Mag. The very first experiment performed with a magnetron in America at the M.I.T. RADAR lab was to pop popcorn in a brown paper bag.
 

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<< The genius that was working with microwaves(not the appliance, but the wave...you know what I mean) noticed that the candy bar in his pocket melted. >>



Unfortunately for him he didnt know what he was dealing with and died of radiation poisoning :(
 

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anyone ever try putting a light bulb in a microwave? Its supposed to be pretty cool. My chem 109 prof said to try it &quot;but not in your parents' microwaves, they won't be to happy if you fry it for them&quot; But I guess the bulb is supposed to light up, not just spark like shiny metal things do. hmm I wonder if that works with flourescent bulbs too...

well, I hope no one hurts themself or breaks anything, we already know that microwave+gameboy=bad

peace :)
 

dkozloski

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Slacker, the radiation in a microwave oven is non-ionizing so the radiation poisoning would have had to come from Karen Silkwood.