Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Can't myth moments

Tonight Mythbusters ran a 2-hour special celebrating their 25 Best Busted Myths. If you didn't catch the show, here's the list along with the episode in which the myth aired:

25. Can a 1967 Chevy take off with JATO rockets? (Jet-Assisted Chevy, 1st myth ever)
24. Can a tree be cut down using a machine gun? (Viewer's Special 2)
23. Can a bullet fired straight up in the air kill someone on the way back down? (Bullets Fired Up)
22. Can a JATO rocket launch a car through the air? (Special Supersized Myths)
21. Can an unamplified human voice shatter a wine glass? (Breaking Glass)
20. Did the Confederates really build a lethal steam-powered machine gun? (Confederate Steam Gun)
19. No myth, just a montage of the crazy costumes the crew has worn over the years
18. How can someone escape from a sinking car? (Sinking Car)
17. Can a sonic shock wave shatter glass? (Curving Bullets)
16. Do bulls in a china shop really cause complete destruction? (Red Rag to a Bull)
15. Is it possible for pants to spontaneously explode? (Exploding Pants)
14. Will duct tape plug holes in the bottom of boats and can you create a working sail-boat out of it? (Duct Tape Hour)
13. Can an airplane toilet create enough suction to cause a person to become stuck on it? (Biscuit Bazooka)
12. Theories that the Apollo moon landing was faked are tested (NASA Moon Landing)
11. Will a pack of sharks ignore a person who is playing dead? (Shark Week Special)
10. Can you ignite your own flatus? (Never before seen on air, but done as part of the Franklin's Kite episode)
9. Is it possible to water ski behind a rowing eight? (Break Step Bridge)
8. What caused the Hindenburg to explode? (Hindenburg Mystery)
7. No myth, just a montage of the crew's favorite one-liners
6. Was it possible to survive an escape from Alcatraz? (Alcatraz Escape)
5. Will a car dropped from 4,000 feet fall faster than a speeding car? (Demolition Derby)
4. No myth, just a montage of all the accidents/injuries the crew has suffered over the years
3. Two revisted myths tied: Is the compact conundrum of a two-truck head-on collision a myth? (Demolition Derby) and Can a rocket powered snow plow split a car in two? (Myth Evolution)
2. Can a lead balloon fly? (Lead Balloon)
1. Can hardened cement be removed from a cement truck using explosives? (Salsa Escape)

No surprise what came in at number one. I'll also note that while these myths were singled out, they mentioned many more myths along the way. Some of the omissions that I would have liked to see mentioned include Pop Rocks and Soda and the Phone Book friction myth. I know everyone has their favorites though, so please share your own below.

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