Did you wake up from a dead sleep at 3AM this morning, unsure why? That was the sound of Deadline Hollywood publishing a tale straight from the Can’t Make This Stuff Up Department — President Barack Obama will appear on Discovery Channel’s ‘Mythbusters’ on Dec. 8.

“In the episode, ‘Archimedes Solar Ray,’ Obama challenges hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman to prove the ancient Greek myth that scientist and polymath Archimedes set fire to an invading Roman fleet using only mirrors and the reflected rays of the sun,” Deadline writes.

The White House confirmed the report to the Associated Press. “Obama has already taped his appearance,” the AP writes. “Discovery said that episode will consider whether Greek scientist Archimedes set fire to an invading Roman fleet using only mirrors and the reflected rays of the sun.”The New York Times notes that the Archimedes myth was previously “busted” in 2006, but will be revisited for the President’s episode.

The ‘Mythbusters’ producers were tight-lipped to the Times as to how Obama will participate in the proving or disproving of the myth, although it was acknowledged that the President’s appearance will be used to raise interest in math and science in tandem with a White House educational effort.