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Remember when the POTUS had more class than to show up one every other channel and TV show for some dumb reason or another? Mythbusters is the next adventure for President Obama. Why? I love this show, lol. And it's not entirely unlike a rerun to boot...
Obama Challenges 'MythBusters' Adam And Jamie : NPR
On the plus side, Reason uses the occasion to do some myth busting themselves.
Reason.tv: Obama Gets Busted on Mythbusters - Hit & Run : Reason Magazine
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44QB4nTr2DY[/ame]
Obama Challenges 'MythBusters' Adam And Jamie : NPR
President Obama has a personal request to once again test the myth of Archimedes' solar death ray. As legend has it, using only mirrors and the power of the sun, Greek scientist Archimedes is said to have set fire to Roman ships during the siege of Syracuse.
President Obama
The Mythbusters have busted the myth before, but could hardly refuse Obama's challenge. This time, instead of using stationary mirror tiles focused at wood, they took a different tack. "The big question was: could you have shields from soldiers polished to a mirror finish, and get them to set something on fire," Hyneman explains to NPR's Neal Conan. "That's a whole different thing."
On the plus side, Reason uses the occasion to do some myth busting themselves.
Reason.tv: Obama Gets Busted on Mythbusters - Hit & Run : Reason Magazine
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44QB4nTr2DY[/ame]