The Microwave Mortuary

It made perfect sense to take my huge speaker magnet, trim an AC cord, then tape each exposed wire to a side of the speaker magnet. Before plugging my awesome whatever-the-hell-I-was-trying-to-make in, for added coolness I placed a large ball bearing on the side of the magnet to see if it would spin around.

I plugged it in and BOOM.

I learned a lot that day. None of my later mishaps involved loud noises or explosions. A lot of melting, though.