12:09Long-form

I promise this story about microwaves is interesting.

Published May 17, 2021

Views 8.94M  |  Likes 494K  |  Comments 15.3K
Views#717,874Global
Views#133,779Unknown country

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Tom ScottTom Scott
6.74M subs•760 videos•May 2006

This video has 8.94M views and 494K likes, ranking #717,874 globally among tracked YouTube videos by view count.

At a glance

Views

8,942,523

Likes

494,391

Comments

15,365

Performance vs. channel

Outlier score

Engagement rate

Revenue estimate

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Total (all-time): $6.26K – $17.8K

Based on estimated $0.7–$2 CPM.

About

I found an article that said "The microwave was invented to heat hamsters humanely in 1950s experiments." And I thought, no it wasn't. ...was it? Pull down the description for thorough references and credits. Thanks to James Lovelock for his time! His latest book is Novacene: https://amzn.to/3hmKsWz [that is, of cour…

Published
May 17, 2021
Made for kids
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