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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. This is a list of the various myths tested on the show as well as the results of the experiments (the myth is either busted , plausible , or confirmed ).
Jamie Hyneman is a main cast member on MythBusters, along with Adam Savage. [4] His demeanor on the show is calm, logical and no-nonsense, in stark contrast to Savage's more animated, impulsive and energetic persona. [5] The two often have very different ideas for performing experiments and building devices.
The official MythBusters website at one point sorted episodes by calendar year, but as of 2024, sorts them into 19 seasons (with the first being the three pilots). When the series was released on DVD , some seasons followed calendar years while others did not.
A water heater can explode like a rocket and shoot through the roof of a two-story house. Plausible The MythBusters set up a three-tier scaffold to simulate a two-story house. The lowest level housed the 52-US gallon water heater, the second level was a set simulating a living room, and on top was a roof built to standard California building codes.
The cast of Mythbusters at Comic Con, 2012. As the series progressed, members of Hyneman's staff were introduced and began to appear regularly in episodes. Three such members, artist Kari Byron, builder Tory Belleci, and metal-worker Scottie Chapman, were
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The MythBusters then upgraded to a larger 30-gallon (110 L) water heater, which exploded with significantly greater force, sending the water heater several hundred feet into the air. To confirm the stated myth, the MythBusters obtained a full-sized 52-gallon (200 L) water heater and built a shack around it with a roof that followed standard ...
A water heater turned on its side can act as a cannon if it explodes. Based on the "Exploding Water Heater" myths from 2007 and 2009. Confirmed To test the destructive power of a heater, Adam and Jamie set one up at the bomb range and aimed it directly at the side of a van. When it exploded, the van was heavily damaged and knocked onto its side.