Episode
MythBusters: Cell Phone Destroys Gas Station
Overview
Can chatting on a cell phone while pumping gas cause the pump to blow up? Will silicone breast implants burst under pressure? Can high-speed CD-ROM players really shatter a CD?
Details
- Series
- MythBusters
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 2003-10-03
Episode context
Cell Phone Destroys Gas Station is Episode 5 in Season 1 of MythBusters. It aired on 2003-10-03.
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