Episode
MythBusters: Dumpster Diving
Overview
Can a person leap from several stories into a dumpster, then be able to run away? Can a diving suit flaw force a diver's entire body into his helmet?
Details
- Series
- MythBusters
- Season
- Season 7
- Episode
- Episode 19
- Air date
- 2009-11-25
Episode context
Dumpster Diving is Episode 19 in Season 7 of MythBusters. It aired on 2009-11-25.
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