Width5.1 tenths m
3.5 thousandthsGreat Pyramid heights
2 tenthsPhone booth heights
4.8 hundredthsSchool bus lengths
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Microwave Oven
The appliance that accidentally revolutionized cooking/Everyday Objects
The microwave oven was accidentally invented in 1945 when Percy Spencer noticed a chocolate bar melting in his pocket near a magnetron. A standard countertop model heats food by bombarding it with 2.45 GHz electromagnetic waves. It can boil water in two minutes but still cannot make a steak taste right.
Measurements
Depth3.9 tenths m
1.8 tenthsShaquille O'Neals
11.5 millionthsEnglish Channel crossings
Height3 tenths m
4.6 tenthsClarinet lengths
3 hundredthsFire engine lengths
1.7 hundredthsRailroad car lengths
Weight13 kg
4.8 tenthsDalmatian dogs
1,130AAA batteries
210 millionthsM1 Abrams tanks
Cooking power1,100 W
2.2 tenthsClothes dryers
333 millionthsLocomotives
Microwave frequency2.5 billion Hz
817 millionCeiling fan rotations
2 billionResting heartbeats
2.45 GHz
Interior capacity3.1 hundredths m^3
7.8 tenthsKitchen sinks
31Human stomachs
31 liters