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left-of-center2012

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Thu Sep 1, 2016, 09:47 PM Sep 2016

Watermelon Survives 45m Drop Test!!

Ever wondered how to ensure a watermelon doesn't break into a million pieces while dropping it from a tower that's 45 metres (147 feet) high? This might be the solution for you.

The good people from experiment-loving, Australian YouTube group "How Ridiculous" have put together a video in which they coat a watermelon with the super-strong protective spray called Line-X, to see if it would be able to survive after a big fall.

It does. It even bounces like a bouncy ball! But the inside of the fruit tells a different story.

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Watermelon Survives 45m Drop Test!! (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Sep 2016 OP
That's a rather thick coating!! It's like that stuff they put on the screen door and then MADem Sep 2016 #1
Reminds me of American football player heads inside their helmets. n/t Buckeye_Democrat Sep 2016 #2
Automotive undercoat. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2016 #3
Automotive overcoat? rgbecker Sep 2016 #4

MADem

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1. That's a rather thick coating!! It's like that stuff they put on the screen door and then
Fri Sep 2, 2016, 01:27 AM
Sep 2016

put in the bottom of the everglades boat....but much thicker!

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