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It took them a long time to build up to this. (The show started in 2001.)

I remember in an early episode they were trying to source a JATO for a myth, and there is footage of one of their researchers on the phone getting laughed at and hung up on, repeatedly.

Now that the show is established, they have access to some pretty nice facilities for testing firearms, explosions, cannons, crashes, and so on.