A visceral demonstration that turns abstract physics into a tangible lesson on the limits of structural integrity. It effectively proves that every material has a definitive breaking point, making the invisible force of pressure impossible to ignore.
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How many pumps does it take to explode a basketball?Added:
How many pumps does it take to explode a basketball?
>> OH MY GOSH. ONE!
YO, FIRST WE'RE GOING TO START WITH 20 pumps.
>> [music] >> That is 20 pumps.
We got some more pumps to go.
Dude, I'm actually scared right now.
OH MY GOSH, DUDE.
>> [music] >> DUDE, IT'S HARD AS A ROCK. PAUSE, but it's hard like it's like it's hard it's that hard, dude. Because I'm absolutely terrified, I had to get myself a shield.
IT'S GETTING HARD TO PUMP, DUDE.
PLEASE.
>> [music] >> OH MY GOSH, IT'S GETTING HARD TO PUMP, DUDE.
WOAH! I THINK WE NEED TO TEST IT. THREE, [music] TWO, ONE.
OH MY GOSH, DUDE.
Oh my gosh, it's ah Woah!
Oh! Three, two, one.
Woah!
Woah, it's getting hard to push.
Woah, okay. Here goes nothing.
Woah!
Ah, in three, two, one.
Woah, 20 more pumps to go.
Woah, fifth try. Three, two, one.
>> [music] >> Sixth attempt IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
HOLY CRAP.
>> [music] >> OH MY GOSH, seventh attempt IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
OKAY, IT DIDN'T EXPLODE, DUDE.
>> [laughter] >> DUDE.
YO, the bomb has exploded. My ears hurt.
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