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How This Flying Car Helps an Indigenous Tribe Dec 11, 2013

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The Maverick, a flying car that looks like a buggy with a parachute, was built to make the remotest regions of the world more accessible.

Could You Survive Three M16 Bullets to the Chest? Dec 11, 2013

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A weapons expert and a trauma surgeon recreate a scene from Platoon using high-speed cameras to show the damage caused by a single M16 bullet to the human body.

How to Train Like a Samurai Dec 11, 2013

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At Grand Master Tanaka's school, he teaches his students how to fight, kill, and survive using the traditional methods of the Samurai.

Two Lion Cubs Get a Lesson in Sharing Dec 11, 2013

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When a nomadic lioness tries to steal their mother's food, two baby lion cubs don't know what to do.

System Crash on the World's Largest Passenger Jet Dec 11, 2013

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When all of the systems suddenly shut down on this A380 plane, it's up to the captain to land the largest passenger jet in the world - while flying blind.