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Military technology has profoundly shaped American history, driving innovations that often find unexpected civilian applications. From gunpowder and explosives to kitchen appliances, many everyday technologies originated from military research and development. These technological crossovers demonstrate how wartime necessity has consistently accelerated scientific progress and transformed American society in peacetime.

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The Invention That Changed Everything

The Invention That Changed Every Kitchen — By Total Accident

Percy Spencer was orphaned before the age of two. He never graduated from grammar school. He taught himself trigonometry, calculus, chemistry, physics, and metallurgy from library textbooks. By the time he accidentally invented the microwave, he held one hundred fifty patents. The man who changed every kitchen in America never set foot in a college classroom.

1945 Waltham, Massachusetts

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