Programme de Mythbusters

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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?

Do males prefer women with blonde hair? Do pheromone sprays work? Are women attracted to wealthy men? Do men give larger tips to women with larger breasts?

Can wheel spikes and a hood-mounted machine gun be used to disable a pursuing vehicle? Can a bullet spin in place after being fired onto the surface of a frozen lake?

Can a swimmer increase his chances of surviving an underwater explosion by floating at the surface? Did armies in ancient China use paper armor that was as effective as steel?

Myths tested: How long can you survive in an underground coffin? Does cola have special properties?

Are the Storm Chasers' vehicles fit to withstand force 5 tornado speeds? Is it possible to build a personal tornado protection device?

Can you escape an explosive shockwave by diving in water? Can you make a car bulletproof using nothing but phone books?

Myths tested: Can a hurricane blow a piece of straw through a tree? According to Primary Perception, do all living things share an interconnected consciousness?

Myths tested: Why does dropping Mentos into a bottle of Diet Coke create a geyser effect? Can a stamp affixed to a helicopter's rotor blade make it crash?

Myths tested: Can a heated jawbreaker explode when bitten down on? Can a PVC pipe build enough static electricity to kill? Can a playing card kill a person if thrown with enough power?

Is it impossible for humans to walk in a straight line without a point of reference? Will binary explosives explode in the case of a fender bender?

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