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How Do They Do It?

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Ever wondered what makes a firework go bang, how lead gets into a pencil or how you go about changing the tyre on a jumbo jet?

Well wonder no more, because How Do They Do It? uncovers the extraordinary world of things, every Wednesday at 8pm on Discovery Channel.

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Find out how much gold there is in your mobile, why your luggage will travel 12 miles more than you and how many tomatoes Heinz uses each day to make Ketchup.

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