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Percy Spencer, an engineer for Raytheon, invented the microwave oven in the early 40s. Raytheon patented it in 1945 and began marketing the Radarange in 1947. The Radarange was six feet tall, weighed 750 pounds, and cost $5,000 ... and didn't sell particularly well.

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