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What Are Some Interesting Facts About Microwaves?

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Anonymous Profile
Anonymous answered
I know if you put metal in one you get a great light show, followed by a broken microwave lol
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Anonymous answered
They are good to heat wheat packs. That's about it. We have been told to stay away from them when they are switched on and to put some water in with the wheat packs.
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Hungry Guy answered
Ah, science is full of interesting anecdotes:

A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away...well actually about 50 years ago in this galaxy, physicists theorized that the universe was created in a really gimungous explosion!  According to that theory, if it was true, the explosion should have produced massive amounts of microwave radiation that would have lingered to this day, bouncing around the universe.

In the 1960s, some engineers at AT&T Bell Labs were busy inventing a microwave radio system to send long distance phone calls without wires, but they were getting an unexplained static hiss.  They couldn't figure out what was causing it!  

Lo, when the physics community heard about the problems at Bell Labs, it turned out that the microwave hiss that Bell Labs was receiving precisely matched the predictions of the Big Bang theory.  Hence the Big Bang theory was confirmed to be true.

So put THAT in your starship and warp it!
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Hungry Guy
Hungry Guy commented
@Coldplace_ - Perhaps this event is what your professor had in mind for you to discover in your assignment to identify interesting things about microwaves.
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Annie Devore answered
If You Want To Have FUN Put  An Egg In There And Turn It On For 30 Seconds Or  So..  My Friends Always Said..  Don't Put Hot Dogs In Without Slicing Them...  No Metal In There..  I Do My Quaker Oatmeal In There. My Hot Cocoa . My Hot Pretzels  My Baked Ta-toes.. Corn On The Cob And Mashed Ta-toes.. Popcorn.. Quickie Stuff.. I Would Not Do Whole Meals.. I've Reheated Pizza  .But They Are Easy To Clean..  Great For Warming Snacks.. No Bread Wrappers In There Or Sparks Will Fly.. I Have The Round A Round Thingy.  I Get A Good Laugh Doing Smores.. Watching A Marshmallow Heat Up Is  "Unique" I've Done Like "Soup At Hand" And Ramen Soup In There. There Is Supposed To Be Toxic Chemicals If You Stand Too Close.. Plastic Plates Can Get A Nasty  Fragrant Mess So You Have To Be Careful Timing Things..
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peter johnson
peter johnson commented
Brilliant!!!
Kevin Cronk
Kevin Cronk commented
Toxic chemicals? Only if you have smoke from something plastic rolling out of it!
The magnetic field they generate can confuse a pacemaker though
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Midnite star answered
It will overcook your food around the edges before it cooks the middle of it....so if your making a bone-in steak, put the bone towards the outside of the plate. And I cannot live without mine. When mine broke...I went berserk without it. Also,be careful when U pick up a container you've cooked food in, in a microwave, cause it can burn the heck out of your hands. The pottery holds the heat much more than the food that's in it. Including your coffee cup.
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Jack Mahon answered
Like if someone is going on a long trip you say good bye by kissing, hugging and waving at them wildly as they go. But if it's just your Mum going to the store for a loaf of bread you just give her a micro wave.  

Then again a microwave could be the opposite of a Tsunami
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peter johnson
peter johnson commented
Jackyll: How come you know SO MUCH about microwaves??
Hiowever I do agree with you that microwaves could be the opposite of a Toyota.
Jack Mahon
Jack Mahon commented
It is beyond comprehension isn't it.
Maddie Profile
Maddie answered
If you put certain stuff in there it blows up and you have to buy a new microwave and have fun breaking the next one. :D
Also, if you put food in there for too long it can catch on fire.
And if you stand next to one, your body is absorbing unhealthy radiation.
It warms things up.
It's more like a mini, portable, plug-in oven.
IT'S FUN TO PUT MARSHMELLOWS IN AND WATCH THEM PUFF UP!
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gokula krishnan answered
It cooks the food faster ,when microwaves are generated the water molecules in the food breaks which helps to heat the food
William Harkin Profile
William Harkin answered
Hi Coldplace.All i know is that they are supposed to heat things up from the inside out,and they don't like metal containers.(i tried it once)
Anonymous Profile
Anonymous answered
They are great if you want to dry something out you just picked to smoke! Powers over this, this is not against the saying what I did say.
Riley Shaw Profile
Riley Shaw answered
Um... An interesting fact on microwaves... Well, it was invented after its creator walked by a radar tube and the chocolate he had in his pocket melted. Not really all that interesting, is it?
Ilina Profile
Ilina answered
Since my answer has been disapproved due to duplicate content, please click to read the original article.
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Ilina
Ilina commented
Lol! And thank you, Jackyll.
Jack Mahon
Jack Mahon commented
Now who the heck would do what you did? If I didn't read the original answer, how would I know yours was a duplicate. In any case, somethings are worth reading twice anyway. I wonder how many times the thought police reread their paychecks.
Ilina
Ilina commented
I actually even wrote on the bottom that this was copied and pasted from another website. If I have done that, I deem it wrong of Blurtit to disapprove my answer. I guess they have special devices that can detect the duplication. Sigh.
Dave The Saviour Profile
I live out of one so ought to know some stuff but my mind is in deep freeze lol
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Dave The Saviour
Dave The Saviour commented
About the only thing i know off the top of my head for fact is that they work off radio signals much like your mobile phones
Dave The Saviour
Dave The Saviour commented
Well i did say i lived out of a microwave so i guess i will be waving you lot bye bye from the dreaded big ''C'' lol
Jack Mahon
Jack Mahon commented
M. All I can say is if your microwave rings, don't put your head in it to answer it, and there's no way you can bake a potato on your mobile phone.

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