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Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. Post 8336 Auxiliary - Thu Oct 15, 3:00 PM
Veterans of Foreign Wars Elwood Perkins Post 8336 meeting - Thu Oct 15, 8:00 PM
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Quote of the day

Quote of the Day
  • Mark Twain
    Virtue never has been as respectable as money.

This Day in History

This Day in History
  • Raytheon Patents Percy Spencer's Microwave (1945)
    Self-taught engineer Percy Spencer discovered the cooking potential of microwaves in the 1940s. While working on magnetrons for the Raytheon Company, he noticed that a peanut butter chocolate bar in his pocket had melted. He determined that microwaves emitted from his magnetrons had cooked the candy bar and confirmed this theory by testing it on popcorn. Raytheon patented Spencer's microwave oven in 1945 and put it on the market in 1947. What was the first food to explode in a microwave?

Word of the Day

Word of the Day
  • malefic
    Definition: (adjective) Having or exerting a malignant influence. Synonyms: malevolent, malign, evil. Usage: I would bet my life that Amelia's grades would improve if she stopped going out with those malefic hoodlums every night.

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