Episode
How Do They Do It?: Smooth As Marble, Hot Stuff, Umbrellas
Overview
How do they mine marble for Washington's monuments; how do they make Tabasco Sauce; and how do they produce storm proof umbrellas?
Details
- Series
- How Do They Do It?
- Season
- Season 7
- Episode
- Episode 4
- Air date
- 2010-06-18
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Smooth As Marble, Hot Stuff, Umbrellas is Episode 4 in Season 7 of How Do They Do It?. It aired on 2010-06-18. The runtime is 22 min.
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