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{{quote|''"Is looking at a woman's breasts for thirty minutes the equivalent of a thirty-minute workout?"''|'''Richard Hammond''', ''Brainiac Science Abuse''}}

 

 

 

 

Just occasionally, something genuinely interesting slips through, though, and one Brainiac skit was shown on QI - they filled a swimming pool with custard (a non-newtonian fluid) and had Jon Tickle run up and down on it, to the childlike glee of Hammond.

 

 

Beginning from the fifth season, he quit the show, with Vic Reeves taking over. The new host brought around some minor changes (for one, deliberately acting as a guy who has no clue whatsoever, unlike Hammond), but the premise didn't change.

* Swimming in syrup. Jon Tickle thought he'd go faster because the viscosity of the syrup would generate more force, while Richard thought the greater resistance caused by same would slow Jon up. Richard turned out to be right-he even gleefully noted that Jon, in his exhaustion, had started cutting across the middle of the pool and ''still'' couldn't beat his time from the water-filled pool.

* Brainiac VS Beast: the perhaps most abused Brainiac competes against (other) animals in various fields. Usually ends up losing and going feral.

* Things but vveerryy ssslllooooowww: a segment in which the Brainiacs do random stuff, but in slow-motion.

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** Later changed to "Do not try this at home... or anywhere else, for that matter!"

* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]] - There is a segment called "How hard is your thing?".

* [[Edutainment Show]]

** Prof. Myang-Li. No subtlety at all in her segments.

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]] - Some may recognise the announcer of Stars In Their Caravans as the Colosseum Announcer from ''[[Fable II]]''.

** Also, Prof. Myang-Li testing whether various fruits sink in a swimming pool.

* [[Spin-Off]] - ''Brainiac - History Abuse''. The same concept, but with different hosts and historical stuff replacing science.

* [[Stuff Blowing Up]]

 

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