Episode
MythBusters: Grenades and Guts
Overview
Adam and Jamie test whether jumping on a grenade would save everyone in the vicinity.
Details
- Series
- MythBusters
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 12
- Air date
- 2007-06-13
Episode context
Grenades and Guts is Episode 12 in Season 5 of MythBusters. It aired on 2007-06-13.
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