Programação de Mythbusters

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Can a car's tire pressure affect its fuel efficiency? Can a laptop stop a bullet from point-blank range? Can a hair weave stop a .40 caliber bullet? Can a fridge door stop a round of 9mm bullets?

Can you cook a full holiday meal on the engine of a running car? Does the tryptophan in turkey make you sleepy? Is it easy to confuse the taste of unusual meat with chicken?

Does a car explode when driven off a cliff? Can a huge rocket launch a cage holding a human, and would the person survive?

Can an explosion caused by a hot water heater put out a fire? Is sunscreen flammable? Will a vacuum explode if it sucks up black powder?

Myths tested: Did Archimedes make a cannon using steam power? Is a cardboard cereal box more nutritious than the sugary cereal inside?

Myths tested: Is it possible to climb a building with a motorized grappling hook? Will getting punched by someone wearing a ring leave a ring-shaped imprint?

Myths tested: Can a person be propelled off a toilet seat by dropping a lit cigarette into it when filled with combustible materials? Is running better than walking to keep dry in the rain?

Myths tested: Can a car in which a person has died and started to decay become so malodorous that it is be impossible to remove the stench and sell?

Is it possible to re-inflate a flat tire and re-seat it on its rim? How effective are various handgun firing stances?

Can a person be launched 115 feet into a kiddie pool from a giant waterslide? Can a mail delivery truck taking only right turns save gas?

Myths tested: Can a water heater explode and shoot through the roof of a house? If a person is being dragged by a horse, can the friction caused by the movement make the jeans catch on fire?

Myths tested: Could MacGyver have built an ultralight airplane from bamboo, trash bags, duct tape and a cement mixer?

Myths tested: Do frozen chickens cause more damage than thawed chickens when shot at a plane's windshield? Did a man die trying to compact his laundry in the washing machine by standing on it?

Can a bullet ricochet off pavement and up through a car's floorboard, as seen in "Burn Notice"? Can you ride an explosion's shock wave to jump farther than you can under your own power?

Can a sonic shock wave shatter glass? Is it possible to bend bullets around obstacles, like in the movie "Wanted?"

Myths tested: Can a bullet cause explosive decompression and tear a plane apart? Will a bullet used as a fuse in a vehicle work, and then will it fire?

Myths tested: Can a toy car beat a Dodge Viper in a quarter-mile downhill race? Is yawning contagious? Does buttered toast always land buttered-side down?

Myths tested: Is it possible to beat a speed-tracking camera? Can a defibrillator cause nitroglycerin patches to explode?

Can a sneeze leave a person's nose at around 100mph? Can sneeze droplets travel up to 30 feet? Can nasal secretions contaminate a room quickly? Can you be decapitated by a tornado?

Myths tested: Can a hybrid rocket be propelled with salami? Is it more efficient to drive a truck with its tailgate up than down? Can a sword slice a machine gun barrel?

Is the method used for boarding planes by most airlines inefficient? Can you make an untraceable bullet out of teeth?

Can a fire extinguisher hold off a flamethrower? Can a fleet of cars kick up enough dust to blind a surveillance drone?

Myths tested: Is there any way to prevent a bloodhound from tracking one's scent? Is it possible to get past a guard dog? Can an old dog be taught new tricks?

Is there any way to prevent a bloodhound from tracking one's scent? Is it possible to fool a dog trained to sniff out contraband?

Can a banana peel really cause one to slip? Does double-dipping cause germ warfare? Can you really make a homemade diamond?

Will an explosion in a sewer launch a manhole cover as seen in many Hollywood films? Can truck bedliner withstand a car crash, a dog bite and an explosion?

Myths tested: Are bulls really aggravated by the color red? Can ammunition stored in the oven be lethal? Do bulls in a china shop really cause complete destruction?

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