MythBusters 16x1 - The Explosion Special
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The MythBusters celebrate their explosive history with twospectacular big bangs. In MacGyver Cement Truck, ourmullet-wearing hero discovers a mail truck full of TNT.Thinking quickly (as he does), MacGyver has a nearby cementtruck dump its load onto the truck to smother the bomb. Butwould it work in real life? Then in Hovercraft Hijinks the guystackle the one explosive technology they've yet to come across:landmines. Can a minefield really be safely traversed in ahovercraft?
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