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Newton's Crane Cradle

Season 11 • Episode 2

The MythBusters are swinging for science, testing a viral video that supersizes Newton's cradle using wrecking balls to transfer energy. Kari, Grant, and Tory tackle a Hollywood classic: is a bird landing on your hood enough to tip a car off a cliff?

42 min|TV-PG|Premiered 04/06/2011

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