Wilhelm: I've never seen this ever happen. Is this you trying to pull sex toys through the security? And by the way, those flappy things at the entrance where you're luggage into the machine, yes, they're like heavy metal particles in them. So the x-rays don't come out. Don't reach in there because it's trying to shield you from the x-ray that would otherwise leak out of that hole. Nice. There you go. Time for a break. But when we come back, we will continue stuff you thought you knew.
What is the rocket equation? How do airplanes fly? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic Chuck Nice go through some things you thought you knew about how airplanes fly, x-rays, and how to fuel a rocket.
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