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not-random YouTube: viddy for the Guy?
Nov. 7th, 2007 09:57 pmThis is just cool.
What if Guy Fawkes had succeeded in blowing up Parliament?
ITV found out:
Part 1, "Gunpowder Plot: Exploding the Legend"; the rest can be found here.
Short version: they built a scale replica of the 1605 houses of Parliament on a Ministry of Defense plot of land and discovered that "not only would have the Houses of Parliament been completely obliterated, but most of the windows in nearby Westminster Abbey would have shattered from the sheer force of the explosion."
It's like Mythbusters for history geeks (yeah, yeah, I know - Adam and Jamie have tested other historic feats, but they've not done this one)!
What if Guy Fawkes had succeeded in blowing up Parliament?
ITV found out:
Part 1, "Gunpowder Plot: Exploding the Legend"; the rest can be found here.
Short version: they built a scale replica of the 1605 houses of Parliament on a Ministry of Defense plot of land and discovered that "not only would have the Houses of Parliament been completely obliterated, but most of the windows in nearby Westminster Abbey would have shattered from the sheer force of the explosion."
It's like Mythbusters for history geeks (yeah, yeah, I know - Adam and Jamie have tested other historic feats, but they've not done this one)!
