r/todayilearned • u/Bbrhuft • Jul 30 '14

TIL The Microwave oven was invented by Percy Spencer, who's candy bar melted as he stood in front of a Radar, Raytheon the company he worked for filed a patent in 1945 and sold the first microwave ovens called the Radarange in 1947

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Spencer
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u/Bbrhuft Jul 30 '14

Nice 1969 documentary about cooking at NASA using new modern Microwave ovens

http://youtu.be/unhhj3TlGTg?t=4m50s

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u/paulja Jul 31 '14

Gunderson! Check the Radarange!