Bamboo torture is a legendary form of execution where a victim is securely fastened over a patch of freshly germinated bamboo shoots. Because certain species of bamboo can grow several inches a day and possess the structural strength to push through asphalt, the sharp stalks would slowly pierce through the victim’s body over the course of several days. While it was famously featured in a MythBusters episode that proved the biological possibility of bamboo growing through human-tissue-simulants,