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Microwaves are common in every home, and are used to cook or defrost all manner of foods. But there are actually a lot more things that they can do for us, which most people don't seem to know about. For example because of the way the heating process works in microwaves, by heating mater molecules while leaving everything else alone. Microwaves are ideal for sterilizing all manner of things and for helping to kill germs.

One thing I often use a microwave for is for quickly warming and drying clothes after I come in out of the cold. For example a microwave can dry items such as socks in u...

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