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When toasting bread could burn down your kitchen

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Before the pop-up mechanism was mercifully invented, browning bread was a high-stakes extreme sport. Early models featured entirely exposed glowing red heating coils and absolutely no timer. If you forgot your breakfast for an extra forty seconds, the machine would happily transition from toasting your bagel to igniting your entire kitchen counter.

When toasting bread could burn down your kitchen
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