Remember when microwave ovens first hit the consumer market? Folks were scared of them, for the most part. I mean, you can’t blame them. How can something with no visible heat source boil a cup of water? It might also have had something to do with the fact that they were originally known as “radar ranges,” conjuring up consumer visions of being doused by millions of rads of radiation just by standing next to the contraption. So, yes, it took some time but today more than 90 percent of American households own a microwave, according to the Bureau of Labor
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