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How detecting enemy aircrafts led to reheating your leftovers.Sources:Ackerman, Evan. “A Brief History of the Microwave Oven.” IEEE Spectrum, 30 September 2016, https://spectrum.ieee.org/a-brief-history-of-the-microwave-oven.“For the Microwave Oven.” Vintage Recipe Cards, https://vintagerecipecards.com/category/for-the-microwave-oven/.“History of the Microwave Oven: Invention & Timeline.” Whirlpool, https://www.whirlpool.com/blog/kitchen/history-of-microwave.html. “Microwave Oven.” Smithsonian Institution, 19 June 2013, https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/snapshot/microwave-oven.“The Microwave Oven’s History.” KitchenAid, https://www.kitchenaid.com/pinch-of-help/major-appliances/microwave-oven-history.html.O'Connor, Hyla. The Miracle Microwave Cookbook. A & W Visual Library, 1974. Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/miraclemicrowave0000ocon/page/46/mode/2up.
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