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This building built in the 60s has a sign warning you that there's a microwave (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by CommissarVulpin@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I was gonna say, I highly doubt there was a microwave oven in the entire city in the 60s.

And you weren't kidding!

1946: The RadaRange, the first commercial microwave, was sold to restaurants, ship galleys and canteens. This six feet tall, 750 pound microwave sold for around $5,000. ($80,846 today.)

1955: Tappan made the first residential microwave, which was rarely seen in homes due to its staggering size and $1,300 price tag. ($15,294 in 2024 bucks.)

[–] CommissarVulpin@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Macrowave

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

"okay, hold on folk the peak will hit us any second and then we can get back to business for the next five minutes."

[–] sepi@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

styropyro in the chat!

[–] ysjet@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

I know you guys probably already know this, but just to make it clear- just because the building was built in the 60s doesn't mean they couldn't have gotten a microwave and added a sign later :p