I Didn't Know That Season 1
Industrial scientists Richard Ambrose and Jonny Phillips find extraordinary facts behind ordinary everyday objects.
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I Didn't Know That
2007Industrial scientists Richard Ambrose and Jonny Phillips find extraordinary facts behind ordinary everyday objects.
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I Didn't Know That Season 1 Full Episode Guide
Our duo examine the pros and cons of plastic including Bakelite, celluloid and Kevlar used in anti-stab material.
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To demonstrate the remarkable force of water, Richard and Jonny enlist some firemen to push their car using water jet force alone before trying their hand at some barefoot waterskiing.
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Steel shipping containers can also be turned into surprisingly spacious and appealing housing as Jonny discovers on a visit to London’s Docklands.
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Richard and Jonny turn graffiti artists to test the properties of anti-graffiti paint. Then it’s off to the Humber Bridge for a spot of painting – little do they know it takes three years to paint the railings alone.
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Richard and Jonny head to the fair to investigate, before visiting a scrapyard to demonstrate the incredible weight-lifting capabilities of a magnet powered by just four torch batteries.
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Did you know that just 1km of three-lane motorway costs £13 million to build? But what are our roads made of and what makes them so strong?
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Can high pitched singing really shatter glass? Our duo enlists the help of an opera singer before heading to a firing range to test the true resistance of bullet-proof glass.
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Richard and Jonny find out all there is to know about batteries - from standard batteries to those powered by seawater, fruit and even…urine.
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In a bid to find out all there is to know about glue, Richard and Jonny recreate the classic ‘flying man’ wallpaper paste TV ad by gluing Jonny to a board and dangling him from a crane above a pool of water.
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Richard and Jonny delve into the world of rubber to test tyres.
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