Irregular Verb Story: The (Funny) Invention of the Microwave

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  Hi, everybody.

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  My name is Shawna, and this is the American English podcast.

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  My goal here is to teach you the English spoken in the United States.

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  Through common expressions, pronunciation tips,

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  and interesting cultural snippets or stories,

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  I hope to keep this fun, useful, and interesting.

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  Let's do it.

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  most interesting inventions from the United States with the goal to find a story that might be funny or a little bit different for today.

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  And I ended up discovering the invention of the microwave,

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  which is sort of a discovery mixed with an invention.

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  And the story is amazing.

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  I'm not exaggerating.

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  I'll explain why in a second.

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  First off, you know what a microwave is, right?

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  It's an appliance.

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  In just 90 seconds, you can make oatmeal in a microwave.

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  In 30 seconds, your leftover pizza is heated up.

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  It's something that a lot of us have in our kitchens.

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  Some people are still critical towards microwaves, and that's okay.

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  This story is going to be very short, very funny,

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