Episode
MythBusters: Exploding Lighter
Overview
Jamie and Adam find out if a small, disposable butane lighter can suddenly ignite with the force of several sticks of dynamite. The "Magnificent Three" try and shoot down some popular gunslinger myths.
Details
- Series
- MythBusters
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 23
- Air date
- 2006-11-01
Episode context
Exploding Lighter is Episode 23 in Season 4 of MythBusters. It aired on 2006-11-01.
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Episode 19: Mega Movie Myths
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Episode 27: Holiday Special
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Episode 18: Deadly Straw
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Episode 28: 22,000-Foot Fall
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