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An induction stove has no flame: the pan heats itself
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A key right on 4 of 5 cuts still won't open a lock
40s
A pen's tip is an open hole. Why doesn't it drip?
49s
A thermos doesn't know if your drink is hot or cold
36s
Pour a bucket into a toilet slowly. Nothing happens.
39s
Your iron's light keeps going off and on
43s
Your kettle never measures the water
33s
Nothing sticks to Teflon. So what holds it on?
45s
Full bars, slow Wi-Fi?
48s
How Wi-Fi writes bits on a wave
53s
Why the microwave freezes your Wi-Fi
43s
Why your fridge hums, stops and hums again
50s
Never cool your kitchen with an open fridge
49s
Your fridge doesn't make cold
45s
Why your microwave has a turntable
50s
Why microwaved leftovers are cold in the middle
54s
2.45 GHz is NOT water's resonant frequency
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