Episode
MythBusters: Chinese Invasion Alarm
Overview
Is an ancient Chinese text alluding to a subterranean sonar system that could apparently detect and intercept an invasion from below true? Is the five-second rule for food really safe to eat?
Details
- Series
- MythBusters
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 16
- Air date
- 2005-10-19
Episode context
Chinese Invasion Alarm is Episode 16 in Season 3 of MythBusters. It aired on 2005-10-19.
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