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Episode 23: Exploding House, Needle in a Haystack, Talking and Plants

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EPISODE TITLE: Episode 23: Exploding House, Needle in a Haystack, Talking and Plants

ORIGINAL AIR DATE: 11/16/2004

SYNOPSIS: Just how hard is it to find a needle in a haystack? Egos fly as the MythBusters get competitive creating the supreme needle-finding machine. Then, returning to their familiar territory of blowing stuff up in the name of science, Jamie and Adam arm themselves with roach foggers and an abandoned apartment building to find out if toxic fumes and bug bombs really are an explosive combination. Finally, the MythBuilders hit the roof to prove whether or not whispering sweet nothings to your plants is the secret to gardening success.


Myths Features in This Episode

Myth #1: Exploding House
Are toxic fumes and bug bombs really an explosive combination?

Myth #2: Needle in a Haystack
Just how hard is it to find a needle in a haystack?

Myth #3: Talking and Plants
Does talking to your plants actually help?
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Highlights of This Episode:

  • Adam with his soggy haystack mess to clean up.
  • Jamie with his, well, without his hay to clean up.
  • The MB Build team is like two faced w/ those plants


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cawdorgraves Talking to Plants 3 May 23 2008, 12:34 PM EDT by AmonAmarth
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After many devoted years to this genre of music - death metal, that is very widely misperceived or interpreted it is finally nice that its function has yet another purpose to set the balance of the universe equally on its axis.

To honest, it was very exciting to learn this, quite humorous. You can just imagine old folks running out to their local record store to get their hands on some of the most under appreciated and considered devil worshipping (not entirely true) sounds. I would have liked to have seen what effects playing Barney the Purple Dinosaur might have had on the plants. Or Celine Dion!

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