In case you missed it, the President of the United States made a cameo appearance on Mythbusters Wednesday night, a cable entertainment show focused on debunking popular myths using scientific methods.

For Wednesday's primetime episode, President Barack Obama challenged hosts Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage to reconstruct "Archimedes Solar Ray" -- a mythical ancient "green" weapon that utilized solar power to set things on fire.

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