Tập
Modern Marvels: Episode 36
Tóm tắt
It's the only rock we eat, and we need it to live. History has shown that those who have salt rule the world--and today, this versatile substance has 14,000 known uses.
Chi tiết
- Phim bộ
- Modern Marvels
- Mùa
- Mùa 15
- Tập
- Tập 36
- Ngày phát sóng
- 2008-12-01
- Thời lượng
- 44 min
Thông tin tập
Episode 36 là tập 36 trong Season 15 của Modern Marvels. Tập này phát sóng ngày 2008-12-01. Thời lượng là 44 min.
Tập trước / tập sau
Tập 35
The turkey is the centerpiece of Thanksgiving dinners and one of the dumbest birds in the animal kingdom, but it has managed to survive since the dinosaurs; Butterball factory; turkey hunting; dining on turkey testicles and eggs.
Tập 37
The car wash's in America are a $25 billion dollars a year industry, with tunnel systems to in-bay automatics, we'll show you how America keeps it's cars clean. We'll visit the largest car wash, seven acres wide which includes a dog wash, chapel, and barber shop. And then to a wash which uses trained electronic eyes, auto conveyors, and mega vacuums which can hold up a bowling ball. We also show tips for cleaning a car at home. Plus we'll add tar, glue, egg, bird droppings, and a bucket full of sludge to a $160,000 Porsche, and then challenge a detailer to clean it off. Also, see how cars are built to survive a car wash.
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Tập 34
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Tập 38
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Tập 33
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Tập 39
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Tập 32
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Tập 40
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Tập 31
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Tập 41
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Tập 30
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Tập 42
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