Knock your socks off!

Knock your socks off!

March 26, 2009, 4:29 pm
Filed under: Humor, Science

Oops:

Mythbusters ‘Big Bang’ Shatters Windows

YOLO COUNTY, Calif. — A big explosion, in the name of science, scared a lot of people in a small town.

Mythbusters went to Yolo County and ended up with a bigger bang than expected.

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They were trying to literally “knock the socks off” a mannequin by igniting 500 pounds of ammonium nitrate. But the explosion was a lot bigger than they expected.

“It felt like a house blew up, straight up,” said Paul Williams.

500 pounds of ammonium nitrate? That’d be worth seeing. Wonder when there’ll be video available?

And yeah, I would think that Mythbusters alone would be able to supply a lot of material for The Explosions Channel.

Jim Downey

(Hat tip to ML for the story!)

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