PLANET OF THE CHIMPS #2

Monday, October 25, 2010

Oct 25, 1955: Time to Nuke Dinner

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1955: The first domestic microwave oven is introduced.

Walk into almost any American kitchen today and there’s one appliance that is likely to be sitting on the counter somewhere — a microwave oven.

The microwave oven didn’t come from humble beginnings. It’s an appliance born of the radar systems used in World War II — and the labs of what is now one of the biggest U.S. defense companies.





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Chimp at 5:23 PM
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