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Microwave cookery was first demonstrated by Ross Kilgore of Westinghouse at the Chicago World\u2019s Fair, which opened on 27th May, 1933. But the event was deemed to be a side-show of little scientific significance, and was forgotten until microwaves were \u2018discovered\u2019 two decades later.\nIncredibly also on display at the Chicago World\u2019s Fair were incubated premature babies; people with dwarfism paraded in \u2018midget\u2019s village\u2019; and, most attention-grabbingly of all, a provocative fan dancer called Sally Rand. Different times.\nIn this episode, Arion, Olly and Rebecca compare the Fair\u2019s SkyRide to its \u2018coal mine\u2019; question the purpose of a cigar-smoking robot; and explain why amoebic dysentery made an unwelcome souvenir for many...\xa0\nFurther Reading:\n\u2022 America\u2019s Best History looks back at the \u2018Century of Progress\u2019 exhibition:\xa0\nhttps://americasbesthistory.com/wfchicago1933.html\n\u2022 Wilding Pictures captures Technicolor footage of the Fair in 1934: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTqNPjQvOC0\n\u2022 The \u2018Coal Mine\u2019 exhibit, preserved at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry:\nhttps://www.msichicago.org/explore/whats-here/exhibits/coal-mine/\nFor bonus material and to support the show, visit Patreon.com/Retrospectors\nWe'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts: podfollow.com/Retrospectors\n\xa0\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Emma Corsham.\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2021.\n#30s #Discoveries #Strange #US\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices