Most Weird Places where People got Business Ideas
By siliconindia
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The microwave was born when Percy Spencer was working on magnetrons for some military radar sets. He had a bit of inspiration, when he noticed that a candy bar he had kept in his pocket melted near the radar that he was working on. Clever he understood that the microwaves being emitted by the magnetron could penetrate the exterior of a food and cook it from the inside, and rest is history.
Descartes liked to stay in bed until around noon, and one day while watching a fly hit around above his head, Descartes realized that he could describe the fly's position by saying how far it was from the walls and ceiling. And now we know after whom the Cartesian geometry is named.