An interesting video about using a microwave in the early years after its invention. Probably everyone knows the story of the microwave’s invention — Percy Spencer noticed that a chocolate bar in his pocket melted when he stood in front of an operating radar (idiot). After a series of experiments with popcorn and eggs, the first industrial model appeared in 1947, costing as much as a couple of cars.
So, Tom Scott dug up evidence that in the 50s, microwaves were used by scientists to defrost frozen hamsters. Cryonics experiments were conducted, and in the case of hamsters, it rarely, but effectively worked — from ice blocks, they turned into quite alive (but very dissatisfied, probably) little animals. Before the microwave, there were problems with how to quickly and evenly thaw a carcass. After all, if you simply heat it up, the inside will still be ice, while irreversible processes would start on the outside, so it must be thawed quickly. If the temperature is increased and one waits for the middle to thaw, the outside of the hamster might get severe burns. Thus, the microwave turned out to be the solution. Nearly all the hamsters survived the freeze down to zero with subsequent thawing by microwave. Here is a scientific article on this topic – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1365902/ Scientist James Lovelock (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lovelock), who is now 101, tells that one rat was frozen and thawed 10 times with intervals of several days.
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