My Favorite Mythbusters Myths
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My purpose with this lens is to highlight some of my favorite Myths that they have busted (or confirmed). I will be adding to this list over time, so check back for updates - or Favorite it and I will send a Squidcast to you when I update it.
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Do You Drive With Your Windows Down or Your A/C On?
Occassionally, the Mythbusters will mess one up - they will flat get it wrong. In my opinion, this is the case when testing whether it is more fuel efficient to use the car air conditioner or to ride with the windows down. Their test were inconclusive when the did them in Episode 22 because the point in which the drag from the wind resistance made it more fuel efficient to ride with their windows down was about 50 miles per hour - they were testing both 45 mph and 55 mph so they got differing results. When they revisited the test in Episode 38, they determined that 50 mph was the magic number.
BUT...they still blew it. When using the air conditioner, Jamie had it maxed out. He had a heavy coat on and was freezing. No normal person would ride with the air this maxed out. They would cool off the car, then turn the air down to a reasonable level. While, I am sure there is some point where it is more fuel efficient to ride with the windows down, I still believe that it is well below 50 miles per hour. Who wants all that wind anyway?
Shooting Fish In A Barrel - Myth Confirmed!
Shooting fish in a barrel really is easy. You don't even have to aim. The shock wave alone will kill the fish.
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Sharks can detect a single drop of blood dropped into a pool of water.
Air Date: 1/1/2004, Mini-Myths0 points
A urine stream can freeze in the cold of winter.
Views Choice Christmas Special 12/22/20040 points
A train can be derailed if coins are placed on the rails.
Mythbusters Outtakes, 3/16/20050 points
If a pressurized scuba tank is shot, it will explode.
JAWS Special, 7/17/20050 points
You can keep needles from falling of the Christmas tree by adding pain releiver.
Myhtbusters Holiday Special, 12/6/20060 points
A person can shoot a propane tank and make it explode.
James Bond Myths 1, 1/16/20080 points
Using your cell phone while pumping gas/petrol can cause an explosion.
Episode 2: Cell Phone Destruction, Silicon Breasts more...0 points
A penny dropped from a skyscraper lands with enough force to either kill a pedestrian on the sidewalk below or embed itself into the sidewalk.
Episode 4, 10/17/20030 points
It is possible to use "various" substance/tricks to beat a breathilizer test.
Episode 6, 11/7/20030 points
The memory of a goldfish lasts only three seconds.
Episode 11, 1/25/20040 points
A Daddy long-legs spider has the most potent venom of all spiders, but is unable to pierce human skin.
Episode 13, 2/15/20040 points
If you plug the tailpipe of a car with objects, the engine will be destroyed.
Episode 15, 7/24/20040 points
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Great Mythbusters Links
- MythBusters Results: Outcomes from all MythBusters Episodes
- Complete results from every myth tested on the television show MythBusters. Includes episode summaries and the outcome of confirmed, busted, or plausible.
- Mythbuster Adam Savage's Personal Website
- M5 Industries Visual Effects
- Discovery Channel - Mythbustes Site
- Welcome to Discovery Channel's official MythBusters site. Follow Adam Savage, Jamie Hyneman, Kari Byron, Grant Imahara, Tory Belleci, and the rest of the team as they confirm and bust new myths each week. Read cast bios and episode guides, play games, and even join our wiki community.
Vote For Your Favorite Confirmed Myths
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Eating poppy seed bagels or poppy seed cake can cause one to test positive for heroin and/or opium on a drug test.
1 point
A clothed snowman melts slower than a naked one.
Viewer's Choice Christmas Speical 12/22/20040 points
Tell Me What You Like Most About Mythbusters? Or Dislike?
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susannaduffy
Jul 16, 2009 @ 6:00 am | delete
- You need a heading in your introductory module but apart from that small thing this is a lovely little lens. If you rewrote the info from wikipedia in your own words telling me what or who the MythBusters are, this lens would be worth a blessing.
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puzzlemaker
Jun 5, 2009 @ 9:00 am | delete
- This is a great lens. We also LOVE this show. It's one of the few shows we can watch together as a family. Our favorite is the interleaved phone book strength. We actually duplicated the experiment for our science fair project...Won a blue ribbon! Way to go with this lens. You've listed some myths we haven't seen and now we've got to check them out. From a fellow South Carolinian.
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OhMe Feb 7, 2009 @ 9:39 am | delete
- I have only seen this show a few times but it is very interesting and so is this lens. Well done. Welcome to the South Carolina Group.
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