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Two Accidental Inventions

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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Cooking With Micro Waves

Two accidental inventions have to do with cooking and food. This year will be the 50 fifth anniversary of what's usually called the first home miker wave oven. The military needed more magnetrons than they could possibly get their hands on during world war II. A company that wanted to contract us from the Military or british military was kind of asking us as well.

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