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Aside from Good Eats with Alton Brown, one of the best shows I’ve found is MythBusters on Discovery Channel. Basically, these two special effects gurus from San Francisco take urban legends and myths and try to see if they are real.
Of course, even when they find that a myth isn’t true, they go the extra mile to do whatever it takes to find out what it would take for the myth or legend to have really happened. Usually involves blowing something up, or cranking up the power to ridiculous levels to cause a catastrophe.