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Myths: D – F
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| MYTH: Deadly Microwaves |
| EPISODE(S): Episode 4: Penny Drop, Deadly Microwaves, Radio Tooth Fillings STATUS: ---- RELATED MYTHS: ---- |
| MYTH: Duck Quack |
| EPISODE(S): Episode 8: Escape From Alcatraz, Duck Quack, Stud Finder STATUS: ---- RELATED MYTHS: ---- |
| MYTH: Daddy—Longlegs |
| EPISODE(S): Episode 13: Buried in Concrete, Daddy—Longlegs, Jet Taxi STATUS: ---- RELATED MYTHS: ---- |
| MYTH: Drive Shaft Pole Vault |
| EPISODE(S): Episode 27: Exploding Port-a-Potty STATUS: ---- RELATED MYTHS: ---- |
| MYTH: Rough Road Driving |
| EPISODE(S): Episode 58: Shattering Subwoofer, Rough Road Driving, Windshield Shatter by Stone STATUS: ---- RELATED MYTHS: ---- |
| MYTH: Old Dog New Tricks |
| DESCRIPTION:---- Is it possible to teach an old dog new tricks? EPISODE(S): ---- Episode 74: Dog Myths STATUS: ---- RELATED MYTHS: ---- |
| MYTH: Dynamite Jailbreak |
| DESCRIPTION:----Can you break out of a jail cell with dynamite? EPISODE(S): ---- Episode 79: Western Myths STATUS: ---- RELATED MYTHS: ---- |
| MYTH: Diet Coke and Mentos |
| DESCRIPTION:---- Can ingesting a combination of Diet Coke and Mentos rupture your stomach? EPISODE(S): ---- Episode 81: Grenades and Guts STATUS: ---- RELATED MYTHS: ---- |
| MYTH: Door Buster |
| DESCRIPTION:--- Is it possible for a medium-to-large build man to bust through a wooden doorframe? EPISODE(S): ---- Special 7: Hollywood on Trial STATUS: ---- RELATED MYTHS: ---- |
| MYTH: The Dukes of Hazzard |
| DESCRIPTION:--- Can a carjump a significant distance using a pile of dirt as a ramp and land with minimal damage or loss of momentum? EPISODE(S): ---- Special 9: Mega Movie Myths 2 Hour Special STATUS: ---- RELATED MYTHS: ---- |
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| MYTH: Exploding Toilet |
| DESCRIPTION: Can you explode a toilet by spraying a flammable substance down the bowl and lighting it? EPISODE(S): Episode 1: Ice Bullet, Exploding Toilet, Who Gets Wetter? STATUS: ---- RELATED MYTHS: ---- |
| MYTH: Eel Skin Wallet |
| DESCRIPTION: ---- EPISODE(S): Episode 3: Barrel of Bricks, Pissing on the Third Rail, Eel Skin Wallet STATUS: ---- RELATED MYTHS: ---- |
| MYTH: Escape From Alcatraz |
| DESCRIPTION: Jamie and Adam attempt to escape from Alactraz on a homemade raft EPISODE(S): Episode 8: Escape From Alcatraz, Duck Quack, Stud Finder STATUS: ---- RELATED MYTHS: ---- |
| MYTH: Explosive Decompression |
| DESCRIPTION: Can a single gunshot to an aircraft result in total destruction? EPISODE(S): Episode 10: Explosive Decompression, Frog Giggin', Rear Axle STATUS: ---- RELATED MYTHS: ---- |
| MYTH: Exploding Implants |
| DESCRIPTION: Did Adam apply enough pressure to test the exploding implants correctly? EPISODE(S): Episode 14: Myths Revisited STATUS: ---- RELATED MYTHS: ---- |
| MYTH: Elevator of Death |
| DESCRIPTION: If you are in an elevator when it falls, can you save yourself by jumping up just before it hits the bottom? EPISODE(S): Episode 17: Elevator of Death, Levitation Machine STATUS: ---- RELATED MYTHS: ---- |
| MYTH: Exploding Jawbreaker |
| DESCRIPTION: Can a heated jawbreaker explode in your mouth? EPISODE(S): Episode 20: Exploding Jawbreaker, Killer Card, Construction Worker and Static Cannon STATUS: ---- RELATED MYTHS: ---- |
| MYTH: Exploding House |
| DESCRIPTION: Are toxic fumes and bug bombs really an explosive combination? EPISODE(S): Episode 23: Exploding House, Needle in a Haystack, Talking and Plants STATUS: ---- RELATED MYTHS: ---- |
| MYTH: Exploding Port-a-Potty |
| DESCRIPTION: Can a person receive third-degree burns by lighting a cigarette inside a port-a-potty? EPISODE(S): Episode 27: Exploding Port-a-Potty STATUS: ---- RELATED MYTHS: ---- |
| MYTH: Shop Vac Jet Engine |
| DESCRIPTION: The MythBuilders attempt to build a jet engine from vacuum cleaner parts. EPISODE(S): Episode 31: Breaking Glass STATUS: ---- RELATED MYTHS: ---- |
| MYTH: Franklin's Kite |
| DESCRIPTION: The build team kicks off the episode with an attempt to discover electricity by flying a kite in a thunderstorm. EPISODE(S): Episode 48: Franklin's Kite, Bean Flatulence, Suffocating Flatulence STATUS: ---- RELATED MYTHS: ---- |
| MYTH: Earthquake Machine |
| DESCRIPTION: Adam and Jamie take on one of the greatest scientist/inventor and myth creator legends of all time: Nikolai Tesla and his Earthquake Machine. EPISODE(S): Episode 60: Earthquake Machine, Lethal Laval Lamp STATUS: ---- RELATED MYTHS: ---- |
| MYTH: Engines Fueled by Gun Powder |
| DESCRIPTION: Tori, Grant and Kari go back in time to test some prototypes from the past: they're tinkering with engines fueled by gunpowder! EPISODE(S): Episode 63: Air Cylinder Rocket, Engines Fueled by Gun Powder STATUS: ---- RELATED MYTHS: ---- |
| MYTH: Exploding Lighter |
| DESCRIPTION: ---- Can a small, disposable butane lighter suddenly ignite with the force of several sticks of dynamite? EPISODE(S): ---- Episode 65: Exploding Lighter, Magnificent Three STATUS: ---- RELATED MYTHS: ---- |
| MYTH: Exploding Nitro Patches |
| DESCRIPTION:----The MythBusters explore the myth that when the paramedic shouts "Clear!" and the defibrillator vents, its volts may start more than a heart. EPISODE(S): ---- Episode 73: Speed Cameras STATUS: ---- RELATED MYTHS: ---- |
| MYTH: Exploding Truck Tire |
| DESCRIPTION:---- Can an exploding big rig tire decapitate a person? EPISODE(S): ---- Episode 80: Big Rig Myths STATUS: ---- RELATED MYTHS: ---- |
| MYTH: Eye Color |
| DESCRIPTION:----Can self-hypnosis change your eye color? EPISODE(S): ---- Episode 81: Grenades and Guts STATUS: ---- RELATED MYTHS: ---- |
| MYTH: Egg-uinox |
| DESCRIPTION:---- Can an egg only be balanced on its ends during the spring and fall equinox? EPISODE(S): ---- Mini Myths STATUS: ---- RELATED MYTHS: ---- |
| MYTH: Exploding Water Heater |
| DESCRIPTION:----Does a neglected water heater have to poniential to explode? Even blow through your house? EPISODE(S): ---- 89: Wate Heater Rocket STATUS: ---- RELATED MYTHS: ---- |
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| MYTH: Frog Giggin' |
| DESCRIPTION: Jamie and Adam investigate a claim by two hunters who say they used a loaded .22 caliber cartridge as a replacement fuse in a car's ignition EPISODE(S): Episode 10: Explosive Decompression, Frog Giggin', Rear Axle STATUS: ---- RELATED MYTHS: ---- |
| MYTH: Free Energy Devices |
| DESCRIPTION: Jamie and Adam try to corner the energy market as they test out various free energy devices. EPISODE(S): Episode 24: Ming Dynasty Astronaut, Free Energy Devices, Ceiling Fan Death Trap STATUS: ---- RELATED MYTHS: ---- |
| MYTH: Free Fall |
| DESCRIPTION: Can a person survive a 33,000-foot drop without a parachute? EPISODE(S): Episode 37: Escape Slide Parachute STATUS: ---- RELATED MYTHS: ---- |
| MYTH: Five-Second Rule |
| DESCRIPTION: We've been waiting for this one... If dropped food has been on the floor for less than five seconds, is it safe to eat? EPISODE(S): Episode 39: Chinese Invasion Alarm STATUS: ---- RELATED MYTHS: ---- |
| MYTH: Helium Football |
| DESCRIPTION: Adam and Jamie test a myth that footballs filled with helium will fly farther and hang longer than ones filled with regulation air. EPISODE(S): Episode 47: Helium Football, Bullet Versus Teeth STATUS: ---- RELATED MYTHS: ---- |
| MYTH: Bean Flatulence |
| DESCRIPTION: Do innocuous legumes really increase the output of colon cologne? EPISODE(S): Episode 48: Franklin's Kite, Bean Flatulence, Suffocating Flatulence STATUS: ---- RELATED MYTHS: ---- |
| MYTH: Suffocating Flatulence |
| DESCRIPTION: Is it possible to break wind so much that you can suffocate to death? EPISODE(S): Episode 48: Franklin's Kite, Bean Flatulence, Suffocating Flatulence STATUS: ---- RELATED MYTHS: ---- |
| MYTH:Fingerprint Technology |
| DESCRIPTION: Adam and Jamie attempt to crack a door guarded by fingerprint technology. EPISODE(S): Episode 59: Crimes and Myth-Demeanors 2 STATUS: ---- RELATED MYTHS: ---- |
| MYTH: Fused Bullets |
| DESCRIPTION: ---- Assuming two antique bullets once hit midair in a Civil War battle, is it even remotely possible those two bullets fused together? EPISODE(S): ----- Episode 67: Firearms Folklore, The Hammer STATUS: ---- RELATED MYTHS: ---- |
| MYTH: 22,000-Foot Fall |
| DESCRIPTION: ---- The incredible and seemingly impossible myth: A WW ll turret gunner falls 22,000 feet, only to be saved by the explosion of a 1,000-pound bomb beneath him that cushions his fall. Can this be true? EPISODE(S): ----- Episode 69: 22,000-Foot Fall, 106-Year-Old Light Bulb STATUS: ---- RELATED MYTHS: ---- |
| MYTH: Foil the Bloodhound |
| DESCRIPTION: ---- The MythBusters attempt to throw the dog off the scent. EPISODE(S): ----- Episode 74: Dog Myths STATUS: ---- RELATED MYTHS: ---- |
| MYTH: Freezing Pole |
| DESCRIPTION: ----Will a person's tongue instantly stick to a freezing (below 32°F) metal pole when touched, making it difficult to remove. EPISODE(S): ----- Episode 82: Special 12: Snow Special STATUS: ---- RELATED MYTHS: ---- |
| MYTH: Frozen Turkey Explosion |
| DESCRIPTION: ---- Can a frozen turkey explode if it is dropped into deep fryer pot too fast? EPISODE(S): ----- Special 1: Viewers-Choice/ Christmas Special STATUS: ---- RELATED MYTHS: ---- |
| MYTH: Falling Icicle |
| DESCRIPTION: ---- Can a falling icicle kill a person? EPISODE(S): ----- Special 1: Viewers-Choice/Christmas Special STATUS: ---- RELATED MYTHS: ---- |
| MYTH: Frozen Urine System |
| DESCRIPTION: ---- Can a urine stream freeze in the cold of winter? EPISODE(S): ----- Special 1: Viewers-Choice/Christmas Special STATUS: ---- RELATED MYTHS: ---- |
| MYTH: Fireplace Warmth |
| DESCRIPTION: ----Will lighting a fireplace make your house colder? EPISODE(S): ----- Special 1: Viewers-Choice/Christmas Special STATUS: ---- RELATED MYTHS: ---- |
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| Mythbusters#1fan1995 | Shop vac rocket | 1 | May 11 2008, 10:27 PM EDT by fishjosh0717 | |
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I like the myth with the shop vac and i'm trying to find the myth with the exploding water heater.... has any one else found it????
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