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If watching a regular-sized balloon inflate -- slowly -- to a gargantuan size until it's clearly about to pop stresses you out, you might not want to watch this unexpectedly long web-only video of Tory Belleci. (But we recommend you do.)

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The MythBusters take on a scene from the '80s classic Real Genius: What happens when you fill a house with popcorn ... then make it all pop (with explosives, in this case)?WWW

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The MythBusters take on a scene from the '80s classic Real Genius: What happens when you fill a house with popcorn ... then make it all pop (with explosives, in this case)?WWW

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The MythBusters take on a scene from the '80s classic Real Genius: What happens when you fill a house with popcorn ... then make it all pop (with explosives, in this case)?WWW

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The MythBusters take on a scene from the '80s classic Real Genius: What happens when you fill a house with popcorn ... then make it all pop (with explosives, in this case)?WWW

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During the MythBusters Comic Con 2009 panel, Adam Savage addresses why the team won't debunk myths like Big Foot, UFOs and crop circles.WWW

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The MythBusters take on a scene from the '80s classic Real Genius: What happens when you fill a house with popcorn ... then make it all pop (with explosives, in this case)?WWW

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The MythBusters take on a scene from the '80s classic Real Genius: What happens when you fill a house with popcorn ... then make it all pop (with explosives, in this case)?WWW

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The MythBusters take on a scene from the '80s classic Real Genius: What happens when you fill a house with popcorn ... then make it all pop (with explosives, in this case)?WWW

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The MythBusters take on a scene from the '80s classic Real Genius: What happens when you fill a house with popcorn ... then make it all pop (with explosives, in this case)?WWW

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Grant Imahara explains to Kari Byron why the MythBusters won't take on the viral video in which a series of cell phones cause popcorn to pop.WWW

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When tempers flare during a particularly complicated myth, Jamie offers up a simple solution.WWW

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Find out Jamie's idea of a great name for a baby, as well as his preferred title for a romance novel (should he write one).WWW

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Baby Names and Romance Novels

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A viewer asks Jamie for a nerdy pick-up line, while another seeks advice on the best way to teach a teenager to drive.WWW

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Pick-Up Lines and Teenagers

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Jamie offers an unorthodox strategy to a viewer preparing for a first date, then provides advice on how to train a destructive pup.WWW

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See just what made Adam Unflappable Savage say, I dont want to DO this anymore. This is TERRIFYING!WWW

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Master remixer melodysheep turns his talents to making our MythBusters masterfully sing about science. (Yes, Jamie too.)WWW

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At M5, project manager Christopher Wilson reviews possible props for the exhibit, getting the story behind each one courtesy of John Hunt and Jamie Lipsky of the MythBusters production team.WWW

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Accustomed to working with theater sets, Todd Rosenthal, John Dalton and Kevin Depinet describe the particular challenges -- and advantages -- of designing MythBusters: The Explosive Exhibition.WWW

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What KIND of balloon absorbs the most energy (and therefore are the sort a clown might want around him in the case of a car crash)? Latex? Little bitty balloons? Big balloons? Balloon animals? The Balloon Basher has the answer.WWW

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As Adam says, it wasn't clear how the MythBusters experience -- an experimentation vs. a demonstration show -- would be translate into a museum exhibit. Well, step inside and see how it all turned out.WWW

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See what about the Trench Torpedo explosion made Jamie Hyneman say, "You never get used to that" ... and just in case it's not obvious, feel free to witness it from EVERY ANGLE.WWW

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There is so much happening in this Torpedo Tastic scene -- WWI warfare strategies, shockwave science, wave propagation, baby oil -- the caption is almost impossible to write. So we invite you to just watch, enjoy and learn.WWW

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Before testing whether bends in a trench can save a soldier's life during a blast, Adam and Jamie blow up a 50-foot-long straight trench and produce what Adam describes as "horrifying" results. See what he means.WWW

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