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MYTH: Goldfish Memory
DESCRIPTION: Are goldfish bored or just plain stupid?

EPISODE(S): Episode 11: Sinking Titanic, Goldfish Memory, Trombone Explosion

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MYTH: Gas Stations and Cell Phones
DESCRIPTION: Are cell phones at gas stations truly dangerous?

EPISODE(S): Episode 14: Myths Revisited

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MYTH: Son of a Gun
DESCRIPTION: Jamie and Adam take on the myth of the woman who was supposedly impregnated by a bullet that had been shot through a Civil War soldier's nether regions.

EPISODE(S): Episode 30: Son of a Gun

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MYTH: Breaking Glass
DESCRIPTION: Can a singer shatter glass with his or her voice?

EPISODE(S): Episode 31: Breaking Glass

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MYTH: Finger in a Barrel, Finger in a Barrel Revisited
DESCRIPTION: Can you save yourself from being shot by sticking your finger in the end of the gun barrel?

EPISODE(S):
Episode 43: Seasickness — Kill or Cure
Episode 75: More Myths Revisited
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MYTH: Great Gas Conspiracy
DESCRIPTION: Meanwhile, Adam and Jamie try to save viewers some hard-earned cash in the Great Gas Conspiracy. When the motor car was born, the great gas conspiracy was the afterbirth. According to conspiracy theorists, gas companies and car manufacturers deliberately make cars so that they guzzle fuel. Then, behind closed doors, the two groups share the profits.

EPISODE(S): Episode 53: Exploding Pants,Great Gas Conspiracy

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MYTH: Gun Scope Shot, Sniper Scope Revisited
DESCRIPTION: Saving Private Ryan might have been based on fact but what about the scene where one sniper kills another by shooting straight down the enemy's gun scope?

EPISODE(S):Episode 67: Firearms Folklore, The Hammer
Episode 75: More Myths Revisited

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MYTH: Grenades and Guts
DESCRIPTION: If a person sacrifices his own life by jumping on a live grenade, will he actually save his buddies?

EPISODE(S):Episode 81: Grenades and Guts

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MYTH: Grenade on Ice
DESCRIPTION: Will submerging a grenade in water or putting it in a refrigerator prevent an explosion?

EPISODE(S): Episode 81: Grenades and Guts

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MYTH: Goldfinger
DESCRIPTION:In the 1964 James Bond classic, Goldfinger, the villain's secretary is murdered with the dreaded gold body paint, causing death by skin suffocation. If the producers would have left a small patch of skin unpainted at the base of her spine, would she have been saved?

EPISODE(S): Pilot 3: Larry's Lawn-Chair Balloon, Goldfinger, Poppy-Seed Drug Test

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MYTH: Hammer Bridge Drop
DESCRIPTION: Can a person really survive a leap from a bridge by throwing a hammer in the water first?
EPISODE(S): Episode 5: Hammer Bridge Drop, Buried Alive, Cola

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MYTH: Hollywood Gunfights
DESCRIPTION: Adam and Jamie test legendary Hollywood gunfights.

EPISODE(S): Episode 25: Brown Note

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MYTH: Explosive Hair Cream
DESCRIPTION: The MythBusters test the decapitation potential of hair cream.

EPISODE(S):
Episode 37: Escape Slide Parachute

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MYTH: Helium Raft
DESCRIPTION: If you fill a normal raft with helium,can you fly?

EPISODE(S):
Episode 49: Cell Phones on Planes, Helium Raft

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MYTH: Hollywood Break-Ins
DESCRIPTION: Are Hollywood break-ins complete hocus pocus, or can you really crack the tightest security systems in the world with nothing more than tight-fitting black clothes and a great soundtrack?

EPISODE(S):
Episode 54: Crimes and Myth-Demeanors 1

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MYTH: Stamp Tailspin
DESCRIPTION: Can posting a postage stamp on the rotor blades send a helicopter into a tailspin?

EPISODE(S):
Episode 57: Mentos and Soda, Stamp Tailspin

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MYTH: Hurricane and Chicken Feathers
DESCRIPTION: Can a hurricane blow the feathers off a chicken?

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Episode 61: Deadly Straw, Hurricane and Chicken Feathers, Horticultural House of Horrors

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MYTH: Horticultural House of Horrors
DESCRIPTION: Tory and Kari embrace their sadistic sides and turn the workshop into a horticultural house of horrors.

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Episode 61: Deadly Straw, Hurricane and Chicken Feathers, Horticultural House of Horrors

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MYTH: The Hammer
DESCRIPTION: Kari, Grant and Tori go to great lengths to see whether humankind's first and simplest tool — the hammer — could be far more dangerous than you think.

EPISODE(S): Episode 67: Firearms Folklore, The Hammer

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MYTH: Hindenburg Mystery
DESCRIPTION: Did hydrogen really cause the Hindenburg fire?

EPISODE(S): Episode 70: Hindenburg Mystery

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MYTH: Hypnosis Myths
DESCRIPTION: Grant, Tory, and Kari go deep into the world of hypnosis.

EPISODE(S): Episode 76: Voice Flame Extinguisher

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MYTH: Horse Jailbreak
DESCRIPTION: Can you pull the bars out of a jail cell window with a horse?

EPISODE(S):Episode 79: Western Myths

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MYTH: Hindenburg Mystery
DESCRIPTION: Did hydrogen really cause the Hindenburg fire?

EPISODE(S): Episode 70: Hindenburg Mystery

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MYTH: Hypnosis Myths
DESCRIPTION: Grant, Tory, and Kari go deep into the world of hypnosis.

EPISODE(S): Episode 76: Voice Flame Extinguisher

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MYTH: Humid Baseball
DESCRIPTION: Does a humiddry baseball fly shorterfarther than a dryhumid one?

EPISODE(S): Episode 83: Baseball Myths

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MYTH: Hot Chili Cures
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EPISODE(S): Eposide 91: Shooting Fish in a Barrel

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MYTH: Is Yawning Contagious?
DESCRIPTION: The MythBusters tackle a question for the ages: Is yawning contagious?

EPISODE(S): Episode 28: Is Yawning Contagious?

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MYTH: Escape Slide Parachute
DESCRIPTION: Buster does his best Indiana Jones impression.

EPISODE(S):
Episode 37: Escape Slide Parachute

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MYTH: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
DESCRIPTION:---- Is it possible for a person to fall through layers of awnings and survive?

EPISODE(S): ---- Special 9: Mega Movie Myths 2 Hour Special

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MYTH: Igniting a Flatus
DESCRIPTION:---- Can you ignite a flatus?

EPISODE(S): ----MythBusters Outtakes: Facts About Flatulence

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