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#1 - Crash Helmets, Rubber, Wave Piercing
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 7/29/2006
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#2 - Phoenix Stadium, La Trade Tower, Surfing
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 2/21/2007
How do they turn the Arizona Cardinals' football stadium into a monster truck arena in 48 hours? How do they surf the world's deadliest wave?
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#3 - Space Shuttle, Roller Coaster, Pool Table
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 2/21/2007
How do they create the world's twistiest rollercoaster ride? How do they turn hard rock into the smoothest pool tables?
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#4 - Rescue Services, Rotating Boat (Falkirk Wheel), Parachutists
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 3/7/2007
Discover how the rescue services slice a crushed car open in seconds, and find out how parachutists are able to land on a dime.
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#5 - Submarine; Moving Earth; Beer Car
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 3/7/2007
How do they rescue the crew of a sunken submarine? How does a 6000 tonne monster digger manage to walk? And how do they run a car on waste beer?
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#6 - Racing Drivers, Bank Vaults, Telling Time
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 3/14/2007
How do racing drivers survive 300 kilometres an hour crashes? See how impregnable bank vaults are made, and how do they tell the time?
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#7 - Crash Course; Water Display; White Wash
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 3/14/2007
See how the California Highway Patrol stop a speeding car, and how 75,000 litres of water is shot 24 stories high in a spectacular display?
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#8 - Cruise Liner; Space Shuttle; Suspension Bridge
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 3/21/2007
How do they repair the hull of an 80,000 tonne cruise liner? And how do they keep Europe's longest suspension bridge from collapsing?
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#9 - Vehicles; Football; Potash Mine
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 3/21/2007
See how unmanned aerial vehicles fight crime and learn what goes into designing the ultimate football.
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#10 - Helicopter; Luxury Yachts; Highway Patrol
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 3/28/2007
How does a helicopter loop the loop? Plus, learn how a 200,000 square metre ball park in the hottest city in the US is cooled?
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#11 - Buildings, Electricity Pylons, Balloon Makers
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 3/28/2007
Learn how buildings are made earthquake proof, the electricity supply is ensured and balloons are made?
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#12 - Bulletproof Vests, Robots, Formation Skydivers
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 4/4/2007
Discover how formation skydivers train in a wind tunnel, and learn how a bullet proof vest can stop a dozen rounds at point blank range.
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#13 - Rally Car; Letter; Titanium
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 4/4/2007
Turning the family car into a rally car; titanium and letters.
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#14 - Panama Canal, Waste Disposal
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 3/3/2008
Learning how large ships make their way through the Panama Canal; technology assists in waste management.
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#15 - Drinking Water, Television Screens, Family Cars
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 3/6/2008
Providing fresh drinking water in the desert; LED television screens; Ferrari sports cars.
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#16 - Transporting Oil Rigs, Electric Razors
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 3/17/2008
Transporting oil rigs long distances; making electric shavers.
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#17 - Hydroelectric Dam, Silicon Chips
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 3/20/2008
Generating power from hydroelectric dams; manufacturing powerful computer microchips.
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#18 - Refine Crude Oil, Swiss Army Knife
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 3/25/2008
How gasoline is delivered to the pumps; the making of Swiss Army knives.
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#19 - Mirrors, 2D and 3D Vehicle Wrapping
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 3/28/2008
The secrets behind the manufacturing of mirrors; creating a two-dimensional design for a 3-D car.
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#20 - Whisky Galore, Disaster Prevention
Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 8/6/2010
How is water transformed into whisky; and how are they preparing for another natural disaster like Hurricane Katrina?
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#21 - Fugu, Freight Trains, Scottish Tartan
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 6/3/2011
How do Japanese master chefs prepare the extremely poisonous puffer fish and avoid killing their customers? And how do Scots weave over 700 types of tartan for kilts?
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#22 - Bowling Balls, Tower Bridge, Gummy Bears
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 6/10/2011
How do they design and produce the ultimate kingpin bowling ball? How do they raise and lower Tower Bridge? And how do they produce millions of gummy bears a day?...
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#23 - Island Prison, Mailboxes, Jam
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 6/17/2011
How do they run Ryker's Island, one of the biggest jails in the world? How do they make the famous Royal Mail post box? And how do they turn fruit...
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#24 - Brewery, Playing Cards, Gulfstream
Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 6/24/2011
How do they make playing cards that can defeat a cheat? How do they brew a billion bottles of lager a year? And how do they make the world's most...
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#25 - Swiss Cheese, Tanks, British Library
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 7/1/2011
How do they put the holes in Swiss cheese? How do they restore and improve a classic battle tank? And how do robotic librarians run one of the world's biggest...
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The Worst Episodes of How Do They Do It?
Every episode of How Do They Do It? ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of How Do They Do It?!
An insider's look at the engineering and scientific miracles behind the things that form the modern world.
Genre:Documentary
Network:Discovery
Worst Episodes Summary
"Crash Helmets, Rubber, Wave Piercing" is the worst rated episode of "How Do They Do It?". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 7/29/2006. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "Phoenix Stadium, La Trade Tower, Surfing".