
The ice bullet evaporated before it could leave the barrel. Due to the myth's inclusion in many Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories, they chose to use a Carcano rifle similar to the assassination weapon for testing.Īn ice bullet can kill someone without leaving a trace. A request for information to the Central Intelligence Agency was declined. This myth tested the feasibility of magic bullets that can be used to assassinate without leaving evidence, used as a plot device or otherwise mentioned in many movies, such as Most Wanted or Three Days of the Condor. The result of this myth was overturned in MythBusters Revisited. The independent tests of Thomas Peterson and Trevor Wallace of the National Climatic Data Center disagreed, finding the runner 40% less wet. The original test showed that running faster results in getting wetter, with wind only adding minimal amounts of water. The pair decides to wear coveralls through 2 to 3 inches (5.1 to 7.6 cm) per hour of artificial rain and compare walking and running weights to determine which absorbed more water (with bodysuits underneath to remove sweat absorption as a variable). Even half a tin of gunpowder in the toilet bowl wasn't able to eject Buster from the seat, though his clothes did smolder.Ī person will end up drier by running in the rain rather than walking. The gasoline simply burned without exploding. Pouring gasoline down a toilet and lighting it will cause the toilet to explode.

This experiment formally introduced Buster the crash test dummy. Was it possible to survive an escape from Alcatraz?ĭoes the government implant secret chips in people which stud finders can detect? If gasoline is poured down a drain pipe and lit while a person is inside of it, will that person be launched as if from a cannon? Is a person with a tongue piercing more likely to get struck by lightning?Ĭan the breathalyzer be beaten through various methods?Ĭan a car in which a person has died and started to decay become so malodorous that it will be impossible to remove the stench and sell?

If a person is falling off a bridge, can they save themselves by throwing a hammer ahead of them to break the surface tension of the water prior to their own impact? How long can you survive in an underground coffin? Will a penny dropped from the top of the Empire State Building kill a person or penetrate the ground?Ĭan a person's internal organs be cooked by a tanning booth?
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Will silicone breast implants explode or expand in low pressure?Ĭan a standard CD-ROM drive shatter a CD?Ĭan a bricklayer hoisting a wooden barrel full of bricks with a pulley from the top of a three-story building fall and hit a man multiple times?Ĭan a person be electrocuted by urinating on the third rail?Ĭan an eel skin wallet erase a credit card? Will using a cell phone near a gas pump cause an explosion?

Is it possible to make a "magic bullet" out of ice? Is running better than walking to keep dry in the rain?

The show's first season used "True" instead of "Confirmed" for the sake of consistency, "Confirmed" will be used on this page.Ĭan a person be propelled off a toilet seat by dropping a lit cigarette into a toilet bowl when filled with various combustible materials? This is a list of the various myths tested on the show as well as the results of the experiments (the myth is Busted, Plausible, or Confirmed).
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The cast of the television series MythBusters perform experiments to verify or debunk urban legends, old wives' tales, and the like.
