Daven Hiskey runs the wildly popular interesting fact website Today I Found Out. To subscribe to his “Daily Knowledge” newsletter, click here. We've all heard that it's not safe to put metal in the ...

From the time countertop microwaves started to hit the market in the late 1960s, we’ve all known one thing: Metal is verboten! However, as it turns out, that’s not completely accurate. Back in 2003, ...

My roommate’s kid once left a spoon in his soup bowl and started the microwave. Wow, what a light show! Sparks were flying. Though I stopped it within seconds, the inside of the microwave was already ...