# Explosives vs. the Human Body

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosives-vs-the-human-body/223490>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 8, 2004, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosives-vs-the-human-body/223490 "2004-01-08T19:55:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosives-vs-the-human-body/223490/21 "2004-01-10T18:13:58Z")

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> **mhendo** : These CSI-type shows generally seem to make an effort at accuracy.

We _are_ talking about the same show that showed their techs obtaining a replica of a knife blade, (perfectly detailed, down to the chipped tip that made the weapon unique,) by injecting silicone into a stab wound and letting it set?

Just checking. 😃

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**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosives-vs-the-human-body/223490/22 "2004-01-10T23:17:56Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Muad’Dib \*  
> \*\*No offense, but that really should have gotten the man a well earned Darwin Award. \*\*

No arguments here. In MY defense 😉 he was my father’s second ex-wife’s father. It would not have been my genes removed from the pool.

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**Author:** ![handsomeharold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@handsomeharold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharold)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2004, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosives-vs-the-human-body/223490/23 "2004-01-11T01:20:37Z")

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Back when I was in the military I was hit by an explosion from a friendly shell that landed nearby. I don’t remember what happened but people told me that I did a perfect backflip into a ditch. I woke up later with some bruises but besides that I was OK. The two guys standing next to me were not so lucky.

I’m glad I was a star gymnast in high school.

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