Synopsis
Science daredevil Greg Foot finds out what humans taste of, whether the human race could move the planet by jumping at exactly the same time and whether a bellyflop could kill you.
- Programme: The Secrets of Everything
- Episode: 1
- Channel: BBC Three
- Broadcast year: 2012
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