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This building built in the 60s has a sign warning you that there's a microwave (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago (7 children)

i know that even then the shielding would prevent that wavelength.. but another part of me would be terrified of a refrigerator sized microwave built in the 60s

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I was gonna say, I highly doubt there was a microwave oven in the entire city in the 60s.

And you weren't kidding!

1946: The RadaRange, the first commercial microwave, was sold to restaurants, ship galleys and canteens. This six feet tall, 750 pound microwave sold for around $5,000. ($80,846 today.)

1955: Tappan made the first residential microwave, which was rarely seen in homes due to its staggering size and $1,300 price tag. ($15,294 in 2024 bucks.)

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Macrowave

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

styropyro in the chat!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

"okay, hold on folk the peak will hit us any second and then we can get back to business for the next five minutes."

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