Name: Dirt
Released: 2010-01-14

Modern Marvels

S16 · E1 — Dirt

S16:E1 · Dirt

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19 episodes in this season

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Dirt

44 min

Eggs

44 min

The Potato

44 min

Tuna

44 min

Winter Tech

44 min

Breaking Point

44 min

Chrome

44 min

Start to Finish

44 min

Beans

44 min

E10

Hot & Spicy

44 min

E11

Deliver It

44 min

E12

Helicopters

44 min

E13

Super Ships

44 min

E14

Big & Small

44 min

E15

Keep Out

44 min

E16

Super Steam

44 min

E17

Doors

44 min

E18

The Real National Treasure

44 min

E19

Top Ten

44 min

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Season 16 · Episode 1 · Jan 14, 2010

You know the old saying "dull as dirt"…wrong! In Las Vegas we'll see how thousands of tons of dirt transform a stadium into a Supercross course, and in New Jersey we'll slog into a secret bog to collect the special mud that every major league team relies on to give extra grip to baseballs. Then, we'll join in the down and dirty fun of mud wrestling at a state fair in Hawaii. In Tucson we'll see how modern adobe and stunning rammed-earth homes are made. To farmers, "dirt" is "soil" and in a teaspoon of healthy soil there are more living organisms than people on our planet. We'll find out where they came from at a sprawling potting soil facility in central California where huge earth moving equipment adds tons of dried kelp, bat guano and other ingredients to dirt. At exclusive spas we'll watch patrons submerge in mud. Finally, we'll visit the Tide detergent factory–why? To get the dirt out, of course.

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Modern Marvels

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Dirt

Season 16 · Episode 1 · Jan 14, 2010

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