25 Things You Didn’t Know Your Microwave Could Do
From cake in a mug for one to shucking corn, your microwave might be able to do more than you thought. You can even measure the speed of light:
With a relatively simple science experiment, you can measure the speed of light for yourself using a microwave and some chocolate. You’ll need to remove the tray from your microwave so that the chocolate doesn’t cook evenly. Put a long piece of chocolate in the now-empty microwave, and cook it until it begins to become misshapen, around 40 seconds. Then you can measure the distance between the hot spots where the chocolate began to melt and pool.