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iberatoryesterday at 5:28 PM2 repliesview on HN

Microwaves were invented as hamster defrost machines. Seriously!


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gardnclyesterday at 6:52 PM

And it worked, but unfortunately humans are too big for it to work on us.

They were able to freeze hamsters entirely then reanimate them with a microwave.

buttermeupyesterday at 9:36 PM

While that sounds like an interesting tidbit, it also doesn’t appear remotely true based off of the history sections in the wiki pages for microwaves and microwave ovens.

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