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Re: Fwd: A Word of Warning

From: Wendy Manning (wmanning)
Date: Sun Jan 30 2000 - 08:13:27 PST

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    > This also happened to me, except it was in the staff room and was somebody else's
    > soup, and it burned my hand. The liquid "superheats" in the microwave, and suddenly
    > boils up when it is moved. I don't really know the physics of it, but it's not a hoax.
    > Wendy
    >
    > Maggie White wrote:
    > > > He took cup of water and put it in the microwave to heat it up <snip> As he
    > > > looked into the cup he noted that the water was not boiling but instantly the
    > > > water in the cup "blew up" into his face.
    > > > While at the hospital, the doctor who was attending to him stated that
    > > > this a fairly common occurrence and water (alone) should never be heated in
    > > > a microwave oven.
    > > If this happened to an actual acquaintance of yours, this is useful
    > information.
    > > it was forwarded by someone else, ad infinitum, it's one of those Internet hoaxes.
    > Maggie 

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