For most of us, the microwave is just a box that sits in the corner until we need to heat up some soup. There is actually a lot more cool stuff your microwave can do that makes life a lot easier in the kitchen.

In the following video, we are shown a number of clever ways we can all use our microwave to take some of the hassle out of life. The ideas include putting an onion in there to stop you crying when you cut it. Or putting your sponge in there to disinfect it and kill all those nasty germs.

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