Pin ItemailprintOops. That wasn’t supposed to happen. An experiment on the popular show Mythbusters went very wrong last night, sending a cannonball clear through a house in Dublin, California, as the family napped inside. Oh, but the carnage doesn’t stop there. The cannonball smashed through the front door, bounced up the stairs, and exited through [...]
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Sure, the Discovery series Mythbusters dispels a lot of widely believed, but ultimately false, ideas. Myth-busting happens all the time, though without the glam and glitz of a TV show. It’s happening in research departments all around the world every day. In fact, the majority of it happens in academia. Can reading in the dark [...]
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Exactly what is lurking in the waters of Alaska? Is it a monster? Is it a dinosaur? Is it a figment of someone’s imagination? The latter is probably not that case, as whatever it is was recently caught on film. Alaska may have its own version of the Loch Ness monster, according to cryptozoologists who [...]
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A game show tragedy in Canada as the ever-popular Cash Cab taxi struck and killed a pedestrian in Vancouver. A member of the hit show’s staff was driving the cab back to the lot after a filming for Canadian version of the show when the cab hit a 61-year-old man crossing the street. The man [...]
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Almost exactly one year after Captain Phil Harris of Deadliest Catch died after suffering a stroke, the Discovery Channel series is grappling with yet another loss. Crew member Justin Tennison, 34, was found dead yesterday in a hotel room in Homer, Alaska. The cause of death has not yet been determined, but an autopsy was [...]
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Fans of the series Storm Chasers were stunned last night when it was revealed that storm chaser Matt Hughes had died. The episode was entitled “Dedication” and it highlighted Hughes’ last chase as he led the team of chasers to what they called their “their best tornado intercepts ever.” It was revealed that, during the [...]
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President Barack Obama will make an appearance on the popular television show Mythbusters, a series that uses science to investigate popular myths. The Obama episode will air on December 8 on the Discovery Channel. The show is part of a White House effort to underscore the importance of science education. This will be the latest [...]
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Three stars from Discovery’s hit reality show Deadliest Catch have left the series. Captains Johnathan Hillstrand and Andy Hillstrand along with Captain Sig Hansen said on Tuesday that they would not be able to keep working on the show due to pending litigation. Johnathan and Andy Hillstrand had been sued by Discovery earlier this month [...]
Just as quickly as it began, the Discovery Channel hostage crisis is over. Police shot James Jay Lee at about 4:50 p.m. EDT, according to Montgomery County Police Chief J. Thomas Manger. All three hostages are now safe and have exited the Discovery Channel headquarters building. “The suspect is in custody,” Manger said, adding that [...]
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UPDATE: Lee has been shot, hostages safe – details here Excitement right here in Maryland this afternoon as James Lee, a man known for protesting the Discovery Channel, has stormed the network’s headquarters with a gun, taking hostages while seeming to have an explosive device strapped to his chest. Montgomery County Police say that they [...]
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Jeb Corliss, the television stunt jumper who attempted to leap from the Empire State Building, has been barred by the courts from ever setting foot in the popular landmark again. Corliss has been permanently prohibited from entering the skyscraper as part of a ruling last week in a lawsuit that was filed by the corporation [...]
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The swimming pool. It can be very refreshing on a hot, summer day. How do you know when it’s time to clean it? Here are a few clues: More here: Lists 16) That green tarp covering your pool isn’t a tarp. 15) Neighborhood kids ask if they can jump on your trampoline. 14) That guy [...]
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