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The microwave oven revolutionized cooking in the 20th century. Over 90% of American homes have at least one. • Many of today’s products and technology are the by products of discoveries during WWII and the microwave oven is one of them. In 1946, an engineer named Percy Spencer worked for the Raytheon Corporation in Massachusetts - the largest manufacture of the magnetron (a vacuum tube that produces microwave radiation), used to make radar systems operate. • America and it’s allies desperately needed stronger radar systems with a longer reach to detect the enemy from further away. Spencer’s assignment was to improve this technology. • On one particular day in the research lab, Spencer made a surprising discovery that would revolutionize cooking. While standing near a magnetron, he felt heat radiating from the tube and noticed the chocolate bar in his pocket had melted. Turn the page for more!
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• Wondering if in fact the high frequency radio waves emitting from the magnetron had heated up the chocolate, he placed a handful of popcorn kernels near the device to see what would happen. He watched in amazement as the corn began to pop. After further experiments, he realized that microwaves cook foods, and fast. Much faster than conventional ovens that cook with heat. • The Raython company knew the war was coming to an end and needed to develop new products for the peace time economy. Upon learning what Spencer had discovered, Raython CEO, Lawerence Marshall, put Spencer in charge of taking this military technology and turning it into a household appliance. • Spencer designed an enclosed metal box with an opening just small enough to supply microwave energy to it. Food placed inside the box heated rapidly and cooked in no time at all. The idea of cooking with microwaves was patented by Raytheon in 1946.
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• The technology used in a microwave oven to cook food is with the use of high frequency radio waves (electromagnetic wave energy) trapped in a metal box, transmitted by a magnetron. The waves penetrate food, exciting water, fat and sugar molecules causing them to vibrate at such a high velocity, the friction creates heat, which cooks the food. • When using electromagnetic waves to heat and cook food, certain precautions should be taken. Let’s look at a few safety measures when using a Microwave oven: • Because microwaves excite a foods molecules, not all these molecules heat at the same rate. This is how microwaved food can end up with hot and cold spots. In poultry, meat and eggs the cold spots may not be taken above the temperature required to kill bacteria. One solution is covering food with a vented lid. This method builds up hot steam under the lid, raising the temperature enough to kill any bacteria and helps cook food more evenly. A meat thermometer can also be used to ensure that food is cooked to the right temperature. • Microwaves can heat your body by adding thermal energy to the water molecules in you. This heating can be damaging if it's not controlled. Most of your body is protected from slow heating because blood carries heat away from any local hot spots, but the cornea of the eye has no cooling blood flow making it prone to overheating when exposed to microwave radiation so it’s important not to use a microwave if the door doesn’t shut properly, or the protective screen in the glass is torn. The door keeps the energy inside, where it needs to stay! • If concerned about microwave leakage, there are microwave leakage meters available at most hardware stores. It is recommended to stand 20 inches or more from a microwave while in use, so if there is a radiation leak, this will minimize exposure. Keep children away while using a microwave. ...cont'd
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• Water is capable of being “supper heated” when it reaches temperatures above it’s normal boiling point (100° C or 212° F), causing a boiling delay. When anything is put into the water it suddenly erupts - spitting water everywhere which can result in sever burns. • Solid foods cooked in the microwave can build up pressure (in the form of steam), from the water molecules heating to a boil. When the steam escapes, it can causes food to pop and explode. This pressure can continue to escape even after the microwave turns off. It is advisable to let food stand in the microwave for one minute before removal to avoid burns. • Plastic containers should not be used in the microwave unless they are marked microwavable safe. Glass is preferable. Never use plastic wrap as a cover - it melts and contaminates the food with plastic toxins.
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• In the Bible in the Book of Judges, the Gileadites are at war with the Ephraimites. The Ephraimites looked the same and spoke the same language, so when the Gileadites had them trapped, it was hard to tell friend from foe. A Gileadite leader had every person pronounce the word for an ear of corn, which was pronounced “shibboleth” by the Gileadites, but “sibboleth” by the Ephraimites. Those who pronounced the word wrong were put to death.
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• On June 18, 1923, the first Checker Cab rolls off the line at the Checker Cab Manufacturing Company in Kalamazoo, Michigan. America's version of the London taxi would continue to be built until 1982. • On June 14, 1968, a Federal District Court jury in Boston convicts Dr. Benjamin Spock of conspiring to violate the Selective Service Act. Spock, a doctor and the famous author of "The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care," supported draft resistance during the Vietnam War. • On June 17, 1972, five men are arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee offices at the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C. Senate investigations eventually revealed that President Richard Nixon had been personally involved in the subsequent cover-up of the break-in. • On June 20, 1980, in a match in Montreal, Roberto Duran outpoints "Sugar" Ray Leonard to win the welterweight title. Yet, five months later in a rematch, with less than 30 seconds left in the eighth round, Duran looked at the referee and famously uttered the words "no mas" or "no more," giving up.
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• Studebaker Dictator. Not exactly “the heartbeat of America” when it was introduced in 1934. According to one auto industry analyst, “after Hitler and Mussolini came to power, a name like Dictator was downright un-American.” But that didn’t stop the nation’s number five automaker, in fact the Dictator was in production for three years. • Bic Perfume. What every woman wanted - perfume in a lighter. At least that’s what the company had hoped. Why wasn’t the $5 perfume a hit? According to one industry expert, “it looked like a cigarette lighter.” Bic lost $11 million. • Chilly Bang! Bang! Juice. Not the best packaging idea - The kiddie drink came in a pistolshaped container. Kids drank it by putting the barrel in their mouths and squeezing the trigger. Outraged parents, and complaints from officials, got it yanked from the shelves. • Hop ‘N’ Gator. The inventor of Gatorade sold his original drink to a major corporation in 1966. Then, in 1969, he used the money to create another can’t miss product: a mixture of Gatorade and beer. The Pittsburgh Brewing Company sold the drink for a couple of years but unfortunately sales never took off. People didn’t want Gatorade in their beer. • Zartan the Enemy Action Figures. Hasbro promoted the first version of this soldier doll as a “paranoid schizophrenic with multiple personalities.” After mental health organizations complained, Hasbro made a second version that doesn’t reference either mental disorder. ...continued
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FABULOUS FLOPS (cont.) • Pepsi A.M. Why not get your morning caffeine from cola instead of coffee? The world’s first breakfast soft drink didn’t get far. It didn’t take long for Pepsi to find out that most consumers didn’t want a breakfast soft drink, and for those who did drink Pepsi in the morning - “still preferred the taste of plain old Pepsi.” • Hands Up! Kid’s soap in an aerosol can, introduced in 1962. The spray nozzle was a plastic gun . Kids got soap out of the can by pointing the gun nozzle at themselves or bath partner and squeezing the trigger. The Hands-Up-slogan: “Gets kids clean and makes them like it.” DIFFERENCES:: DIFFERENCES 1. Jacket is unzipped. 2. Cap is different. 3. Sign is added. 4. Button is removed. 5. Pocket is different. 6. Ball is added. © 2020 King Features Synd., All rights reserved.
• Colgate Kitchen Entrees: Colgate tried to market a variety of food products with the Colgate name. The products never took off. Colgate may have thought this a clever idea - eat Colgate food then clean the food off your teeth with Colgate tooth past. Sounds appetizing right? • Cocaine Energy Drink: Cocaine is a high-energy drink, containing three and a half times the amount of caffeine as Red Bull. The FDA declared that the manufacture, Redux Beverages, were “illegally marketing their drink as an alternative to street drugs.” It was pulled off U.S. shelves in 2007. Despite the controversy, Redux Beverages still sells the beverage in Europe and a few stores in the U.S. • The DeLorean Car: John DeLorean quit General Motors in 1973 to start his own auto company. The car debuted in 1981, but failed two years later due to lack of sales. The car may have been too space age in design for the times, with it’s unpainted, stainless-steel exterior and gull-wing doors. Only 9,000 vehicles were manufactured.
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