Why Microwaved Grapes Explode! | ScienceTake

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  • Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
  • For 20 years, people have been putting grapes in the microwave to watch them explode. But there is some real science behind this internet phenomenon. Find out more in this week's ScienceTake.
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Комментарии • 88

  • @apollosvlogchannelrowe3607
    @apollosvlogchannelrowe3607 5 лет назад +207

    Good thing I've never tried microwaving grapes because I didn't know this.

    • @theintergalacticcounciltar6686
      @theintergalacticcounciltar6686 3 года назад +9

      At the first place why would you even microwave the grapes....

    • @kentslocum
      @kentslocum 2 года назад +8

      @@theintergalacticcounciltar6686 Yeah, I definitely wonder who was thinking, "You know what? I could really go for some piping hot grapes right now. And I haven't got the time to heat them up in the oven or on the stovetop, so I'll just pop them in the microwave."

  • @blindseeing
    @blindseeing 2 года назад +27

    Goodness gracious, grape balls of fire

  • @joshuajoshua46
    @joshuajoshua46 3 года назад +19

    What went through the mind of the first person to discover this?

    • @g.p.1101
      @g.p.1101 3 года назад +6

      Maybe they were trying to thaw out frozen grapes? Hah.

    • @TheCumberCoIlective
      @TheCumberCoIlective 3 года назад +6

      @@g.p.1101 Why thaw frozen grapes? That's the best way to eat them

    • @Nonamelol.
      @Nonamelol. Год назад +2

      @@TheCumberCoIlectivepsychopaths aren’t just a Hollywood thing

    • @dominiquedeen2113
      @dominiquedeen2113 11 месяцев назад +2

      Just wanted some hot grapes

    • @KatDoesCrime
      @KatDoesCrime 10 месяцев назад +1

      Perhaps they wanted to heat up a bowl of desert that also had fruit such as grapes inside?
      Anyways they probably got quite the shock

  • @samsungphone1527
    @samsungphone1527 Год назад +21

    The grapes act like convex lenses concentrating the MW radiation. Nothing more nothing less

    • @LinusAkaPano
      @LinusAkaPano Год назад +1

      The distance across the grape match the wavelength of a microwave

  • @TheDeepSharePodcast
    @TheDeepSharePodcast 11 месяцев назад +7

    I'm assuming this would explain lots of videos of ppl microwaving random foods and making crazy claims of whats in the food? Like nitrites being a carcinogen? I've heard that one on a video of a woman getting this reaction when microwaving deli ham

  • @aleuvideo
    @aleuvideo 5 лет назад +37

    Veritasium did the experiment and explained better.

  • @schwanzuslongus7913
    @schwanzuslongus7913 4 года назад +24

    Und wer kommt von Tommy?

  • @MsKTMvalley
    @MsKTMvalley 5 лет назад +18

    My aunt tried to microwave the whole egg even tho we warned her, lol !

  • @ahmerthehammer
    @ahmerthehammer 5 лет назад +5

    That sound in the end lol

  • @walterwhite1056
    @walterwhite1056 11 месяцев назад +7

    This is definitely the most interesting thing I have been seen today!

  • @dreadlegend7365
    @dreadlegend7365 5 лет назад +6

    R. Kelly is afraid this will happen to his grapes.

  • @marshallmathews2104
    @marshallmathews2104 3 года назад +12

    Cut a grape in half and have them in contact for a real show

  • @samveg596
    @samveg596 5 лет назад +4

    now to take this idea to the next level and use this idea for military purposes as to make a plasma cannon hahahahahahahahah!

    • @samveg596
      @samveg596 5 лет назад +2

      using grapes as ammo and to use radiation in the cannon launcher

    • @samveg596
      @samveg596 5 лет назад +4

      uh oh I think I just opened up Pandora's box sorry

    • @halobread
      @halobread 4 года назад

      psycho

    • @atadstrange
      @atadstrange Год назад

      Dr Doofenshmirtz is that you? No, you are pretending to be me!!! I am the one and only Heinz Doofenshmirtz

  • @jukucholove
    @jukucholove 5 лет назад +15

    It's just a waste of grapes...wait, maybe they are still edible after that or even more delicious.

    • @GodBidoof
      @GodBidoof 5 лет назад +2

      jukucholove the whole grapes will contain the microwave light

    • @placeholdername8529
      @placeholdername8529 3 года назад +9

      Sometimes, we must sacrifice grapes for the development of science

  • @Andrey0348
    @Andrey0348 11 месяцев назад +1

    Tried that and I opened a black hole

  • @Em240Braho
    @Em240Braho 2 года назад +2

    Wait its just plasma right, so it not dangerous right?

    • @Matt-lf9nn
      @Matt-lf9nn 2 года назад +1

      Incorrect. Plasma is extremely hot, ranging from 11,000-14,000° F. Just look up a plasma cutter, pretty interesting stuff

    • @Nonamelol.
      @Nonamelol. Год назад +1

      @@Matt-lf9nnI’m pretty sure he’s alluding to the possibility of eating it after

  • @majidnobles
    @majidnobles 11 месяцев назад +5

    Isn't it dangerous to do this at home?!

  • @CourtneyCoulson
    @CourtneyCoulson 5 лет назад +6

    Why is everyone talking about plasma grapes all of a sudden? Veritasium, the McElroys, now this? Weird ultra-specific zeitgeist.

    • @guyincognito3530
      @guyincognito3530 5 лет назад

      Talking about getting the grapes hot babey 👌

  • @AnnaLexi
    @AnnaLexi 5 лет назад +41

    *_My chicken pops & explodes sometimes too when I heat it up in the microwave.._*

  • @knuckle12356
    @knuckle12356 Месяц назад

    Some of my blueberries just lit on fire. Brought me here.

  • @aligbeer
    @aligbeer 5 лет назад +2

    Great 👍 well done 👍

  • @arvinroidoatienza7082
    @arvinroidoatienza7082 Год назад +2

    Huh I thought it's just gonna explode. But eh thanks I guess plasma.
    But I really wanna see it explode!

  • @7ajhubbell
    @7ajhubbell 4 года назад

    Thank you.

  • @uluengamotuliki5469
    @uluengamotuliki5469 5 месяцев назад

    Peeled it first diamonds

  • @MrTopmale
    @MrTopmale 7 месяцев назад

    How about tomato? Quite similar object..

  • @samiulhamid5204
    @samiulhamid5204 Год назад +1

    Is a plasma grape edible?

  • @user-ns6js4hn3e
    @user-ns6js4hn3e 7 месяцев назад

    Wouldn't one of those "good" ol' TV dinners do something like that too? Kind of expected from metals, I bet? That grapes can do it is cool. But why not 2 plums, for instance, if good'n juicy?

  • @puppylike
    @puppylike 3 месяца назад

    Nice i wanna do that too!!!

  • @upriseproduction2733
    @upriseproduction2733 4 месяца назад

    The Power Is In The Microwave Grape Grape Ape Grape Ape
    ~ Uprise

  • @BenjaminAydelette-td9nq
    @BenjaminAydelette-td9nq 28 дней назад

    Grapes soul left isn't the soul inside plasma or plasm

  • @ants7279
    @ants7279 8 месяцев назад

    Wow I must do this!

  • @tubertime
    @tubertime 2 года назад

    Now goto Walmart and buy a new microwave your magnetron is fried 😭🤗🤭

  • @laviniapale7415
    @laviniapale7415 3 месяца назад

    Peeled it

  • @graveyardshift2100
    @graveyardshift2100 5 лет назад +2

    I got sent here by someone trying to excuse some crap writing about Superman. This explains absolutely nothing.

  • @fomod_
    @fomod_ 11 месяцев назад +1

    Came here from the Tumblr post

  • @Zetsuke4
    @Zetsuke4 4 года назад

    What happens if i heat it then eat it before it expode

  • @ZachPowers1996
    @ZachPowers1996 5 лет назад +4

    They did surgery on a grape

  • @LordofBroccoli
    @LordofBroccoli 5 лет назад +4

    What a sad, sad waste of a delicious grape...

  • @robccto
    @robccto 3 года назад

    It seems very similar to Veritasium video

  • @TheKirbyT
    @TheKirbyT 5 лет назад +4

    So Veritasium just doesn't exist now?

  • @yhacobb
    @yhacobb Год назад

    Excuse me while I go microwave a grape

  • @marcelmoreau7503
    @marcelmoreau7503 2 года назад

    C'est super mais pourquoi ce n'est pas traduit en Français ? Ou comment faut'il faire ? Merci cordialement Mr MOREAU

  • @trainsandtugs
    @trainsandtugs 4 года назад

    Grape powered plasma rifle

  • @kevinkaycee8584
    @kevinkaycee8584 5 лет назад +3

    james gordon's smarter brother james gorman

  • @msevangelista14
    @msevangelista14 4 года назад +1

    Reminds me of the end of the world

  • @richardschwarz7907
    @richardschwarz7907 4 года назад

    how many seconds should I use?

    • @_greenner_
      @_greenner_ 3 года назад

      you still wanna do it if so like 25

  • @LunaFreya412
    @LunaFreya412 11 месяцев назад

    I wish Oppenheimer is here

  • @cx_plasma
    @cx_plasma 3 года назад +9

    Who from tik tok?

  • @princeandrew479
    @princeandrew479 5 лет назад

    Why would you even microwave a grape :/

    • @SamWPiano
      @SamWPiano 4 года назад +1

      Why wouldn't you microwave a grape?

    • @KatDoesCrime
      @KatDoesCrime 10 месяцев назад

      Perhaps they wanted to heat up a bowl of desert that also had fruit such as grapes inside?
      Anyways, I bet the person got quite the shock lmao

  • @darkness2k223
    @darkness2k223 4 года назад +2

    Unnützes Wissen wurde von hier entwendet.

  • @vikweber1833
    @vikweber1833 5 лет назад +7

    I thought scientists were curing cancer you just ruined a party trick

    • @xalpacazeu1332
      @xalpacazeu1332 5 лет назад

      Sans the Skeleton not all scientists specialize in that area dumb dumb

  • @PiEaN007
    @PiEaN007 3 года назад +1

    Fake

  • @misterm7225
    @misterm7225 5 лет назад

    *!*

  • @lancestewart2105
    @lancestewart2105 5 лет назад +2

    Shout me out in your next video I love your videos

    • @drppenev
      @drppenev 5 лет назад

      Well the idea was to use this research to print extremely tiny circuit boards. The fact that it's a party trick does not mean that science is useless

  • @JohnSmith-td7hd
    @JohnSmith-td7hd 5 лет назад +3

    You're way late. Just link to Veritasium's channel instead of making your own video using his information.

  • @FKAwalkwithwade
    @FKAwalkwithwade 3 месяца назад

    Someone sum it up this old man talk too much

  • @lancestewart2105
    @lancestewart2105 5 лет назад +1

    First