Mythbusters: Viral Hour (September 3rd, 2008)

mythbusters Mythbusters: Viral Hour (September 3rd, 2008)

Fireman’s Lift

This viral video myth involves using fire truck hoses to lift a car up into the air (the video is below). First they make a 1/6 scale of the car. They use one fire hose to test out the myth. They are actually able to get the model to easily lift up into the air. They then prepare everything for a full size car. They have a lot of trouble lifting the car off the ground. They eventually remove the engine from the car and they are finally able to lift if off the ground. The myth is confirmed since there is no guarantee that the people who made the video also didn’t remove the engine.

Fainting Goats

You have probably already seen this video before but if you haven’t you can check it out below. In this video people scare goats and they end up fainting. As Tory and Kari find out, they actually don’t faint. They have a muscle reaction that makes them fall to the ground. Tory and Kari try everything to get the goats to faint but nothing works. They try an umbrella, jumping out of a bale of hay, and even flash them. None of them work. Eventually they get them to faint when they dress up as animals. The video is proven to be true but only some goats react this way. This myth is confirmed.

Sawdust Cannon

In this video (see below) a cannon is made out of an air compressor, a flare, and some sawdust. Since the creators of the video gave directions on how they made the cannon Grant, Tory and Kari followed the directions exactly. It turns out that they could recreate the cannon. Since this is Mythbusters they decide to create a bigger fireball. This time they make a larger cannon and use non dairy creamer. When they ignite this the fireball is so large you could probably see it from miles away. This myth is confirmed.


Sawdust Cannon. from Ben Stone on Vimeo.

Invisible Water

In this video an aluminum foil boat appears to float in midair. Adam and Jaime quickly prove this myth by filling the a tank with gases denser than air. While they aren’t successful at first this is obviously how the video was made.

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