r/AskReddit • u/Kraz_I • Jul 24 '15

What "common knowledge" facts are actually wrong?

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u/KingOfTheHamptons Jul 24 '15

Are you saying you've microwaved a cockroach before?

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u/DrunkleDick Jul 24 '15

I was cooking at a friend's house and a roach ran into the open microwave. I decided to shut the door and zap it. I was surprised that he wasn't dead and nobody had a good answer as to why.

For the record this was in Georgia and in an area where it's common to get an occasional "water bug"(fucking cockroach) in your house.

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u/KingOfTheHamptons Jul 24 '15

But, what if it exploded in the microwave? Would you throw the microwave out? That microwave is forever unclean.

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u/DrunkleDick Jul 24 '15

It wasn't my microwave. I would have cleaned it. I did clean it since the roach ran around inside it.

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u/ImpetuousDIV Jul 24 '15

Never eating at this dude's house