Microwaves in U.S. households

In 1978, only eight percent of U.S. households had microwave ovens. As of 2006 over 80 percent have them.

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Necessity is the mother of Invention, but chocolate can work too.

The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

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