Programação de Mythbusters

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Can someone really be knocked out of their socks? Is the force exerted between two cars crashing into each other at 50mph the same as a single car hitting a wall at 50mph?

Myths tested: Is it possible to slingshot a person over the border and onto a mattress?

Can honey bees lift a laptop? Can hitting a bug at high speeds on a motorcycle be fatal? Can hanging a bag of water repel flies?

Myths tested: Can a person take to the skies using only a lawn chair and weather balloons? Can someone test positive for heroin by eating a large amount of poppy seeds?

Can you survive a 35-foot fall while covered in bubble wrap? Can a rocket-powered ejector seat flip an upside-down car back onto its wheels, as seen in "Die Another Day"?

This special episode pays homage to Buster the Crash Test Dummy. Without him, either dozens of myths would have gone untested or Jamie and Adam would constantly be at the local hospital.

Myths tested: Do birds flying in a trailer cause the trailer to become lighter? Will a boat crashing into a channel marker cleave itself in half?

Can a motorcycle traveling at highway speeds drive across the surface of a lake? Can you survive a jump from a high-rise building with a parachute made from a hotel room's contents?

Myths tested: Can a barrel of bricks from the top of a building hit a man multiple times? Can a person be electrocuted by urinating on the third rail?

It’s a shame that not all of the testing footage can be included in the final show that goes to air. In this special episode, the outtakes are in with never-before-seen footage.

Myths tested: Can a person be launched by rockets strapped to a chair, like in the Ming Dynasty tale? Can jumping into a ceiling fan cause a person to lose his head?

Myths tested: Can a scuba diver be sucked up in a firefighting helicopter? Are various car myths from movies true?

Can realistic facial masks be used to bypass security measures as shown in the "Mission: Impossible" television series? Is it possible to start a merry-go-round spinning by shooting bullets at it?

Will driving a convertible faster in the rain help a person stay drier than stopping and putting the top on? Can popcorn be cooked with lasers or explosions?

Myths tested: Can a car pole-vault from its drive shaft if it hits a pothole? Can a port-a-potty gather enough methane to explode?

Can a person swim faster in syrup than in water? Can two targets be hit with one shot by splitting a bullet on an axe blade? Can a steel door be blown open by the gunpowder from six bullets?

If a cup filled with soda was tossed out the window of a car, would it penetrate the windshield of a passing car, killing the driver?

Did the Syrians design a water-skimming torpedo as early as the 13th century? If a truckload of wine catches fire, will the bottles blow their corks 100 feet and sound like a machine gun?

Myths tested: Is it possible to survive a 22,000-foot fall using the blast from a 1,000-pound bomb to break the fall? Is electricity saved by switching off the lights when leaving a room?

Myths tested: Can a 1967 Chevy take off with JATO rockets, like in the tale of the JATO Rocket Car? Can Pop Rocks and soda, when eaten simultaneously, cause the eater's stomach to rupture?

Can a trench with perfect 90-degree corners absorb an explosion's shockwave inside the trench better than a trench with rounded corners?

Myths tested: Was the Hindenburg disaster actually caused by the doping compound with which the LZ 129 Hindenburg was painted? Can running in a zig-zag line save a person from a crocodile?

Is it worse to have an empty beer bottle smashed over your head than a full one? Could ancient armies have used animal hides to build their cannons?

Myths tested: Will diving underwater protect a person from bullets? Can a person swing 360 degrees on a swing set?

Myths tested: Can yodeling actually set off an avalanche? Do cars have better traction on ice while driving backwards?

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