Witness the results when the MythBusters set up a series of dummy legs in concentric circles around a 500-pound explosion.
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Witness the results when the MythBusters set up a series of dummy legs in concentric circles around a 500-pound explosion.
Added: Oct 7, 2009
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Runtime: 00:58
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