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CommissarVulpin@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 6 months ago

This building built in the 60s has a sign warning you that there's a microwave

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This building built in the 60s has a sign warning you that there's a microwave

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CommissarVulpin@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 6 months ago
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    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

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      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.)

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        6 months ago

        Macrowave

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          styropyro in the chat!

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          “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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        I know you guys probably already know this, but just to make it clear- just because the building was built in the 60s doesn’t mean they couldn’t have gotten a microwave and added a sign later :p

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      A walk-in microwave?

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        In related news:

        • 19-year-old employee was found dead in Walmart walk-in oven by her mother

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