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Could thermite placed on top of blocks of ice set off an explosion? Could a car stereo set off an SKS rifle? Could a person's thumb be severed while firing a hunting pistol?

Can mirrors be used to reflect sunlight and illuminate a tomb, as depicted in "The Mummy?" Can a runaway car be safely stopped if another driver pulls in front and slows down?

Myths tested: What caused a plane to be shredded? Can a fire be started by rubbing sticks together, with a bullet or with ice?

How well do movie sound effects compare to their real-world counterparts? Can a sailboat stranded in calm water start moving by blowing air into its sail with an onboard fan?

Myths tested: Can a whirlpool really kill somebody? Can a snow plough driving down the road push enough air to flip a passing car over?

“Supersized” myths are explored. Included: great white shark legends are put to the test during a trip to Cape Town, South Africa.

Myths tested: Can an air cylinder go straight through a cinder-block wall or propel a boat? Can a passing train suck a person onto the tracks?

If a pressure-triggered bomb is cooled with liquid nitrogen, can its detonation be delayed long enough for a person to seek protection?

Myths tested: Can a marching battalion take down a bridge? Is it possible to make a "magic bullet" out of ice?

Myths tested: Can a tissue box in the back of a car kill the driver if the car crashes? Is it possible to split an arrow by hitting it with another?

Myths tested: Is it possible to split an arrow by hitting it with another? Can a hybrid rocket be propelled with salami? Can a modern firearm be fired if completely submerged in water?

Myths tested: If someone falls off a building, can that person glide to safety using a sheet of plywood? Can you beat a radar detector?

Can duct tape be used to build a bridge? Can duct tape be used to fix a car? Can duct tape be used to hold a car in place? Can duct tape be used to stop a car going 60 miles per hour?

What household objects are bulletproof? Once buried alive inside a coffin, is it possible to punch your way through the coffin and dig yourself out?

Every episode, Jamie and Adam put themselves and their skills to the test in the pursuit of answers to myths. But what do they really do? What attributes do you need to bust a myth?

Did Adolf Hitler survive Operation Valkyrie only because he was in a conference room instead of an underground bunker? Can you literally knock some sense into a person by slapping them?

Can you share the task of driving, change places while driving or push the driver out while moving at regular speed? Can you prevent cats from defecating in your garden?

Could a skydiver whose parachute failed to open hit a playground seesaw and send a small girl flying seven stories high...and she could still survive?

Can a combination of footwear and technique allow a person to run on water? Can a person survive an explosion by hiding behind a table, a car, a dumpster or a cinderblock wall?

Myths tested: Can mirrors be used to make a death ray? What solutions are effective against skunk smell? Which common objects are bulletproof?

Are two interlaced phone books impossible to pull apart? Can a shark be blown up like it was in "Deep Blue Sea?"

Myths tested: Can a person escape from prison using salsa? Can hardened cement be removed from a cement truck using explosives?

Will a crab pot drag you overboard if your foot is caught in a coil? Is it better to work a 30-hour grind with no sleep than with a 20-minute nap every 6 hours?

Can concentrated hydrofluoric acid in a bathtub completely dissolve a human body, create a hole through the tub and dissolve the bathroom floor below it?

Myths tested: Could using a phone in a thunderstorm result in being electrocuted? Could a bullet pass through a man's genitals, into a woman's abdomen and subsequently make the woman pregnant?

Can watering plants with microwaved water kill them? Can you put out a fire on a lake by turning a boat at an angle? Can metronomes started at different times sync together?

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