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Kari Elizabeth Byron [1] (born December 18, 1974) is an American television host, best known for her role on the MythBusters and White Rabbit Project series. Byron was born in the Bay Area, California and graduated from San Francisco State University in 1998 with a Bachelor of Arts in film and sculpture.
They test fired some of the weapons in the Red Jacket shop and watched as the staff retested a myth previously busted by the Build Team: that a propane tank could explode if struck by a bullet. On August 21, 2014, it was announced that Byron, along with co-stars Grant Imahara and Tory Belleci, would be leaving MythBusters.
In 2009, Combs appeared in 12 episodes of the seventh season of MythBusters while Kari Byron was on maternity leave. [20] She also appeared on Overhaulin'. [21] Starting in 2011, Combs hosted the Autoblog series The List: 1001 Car Things To Do Before You Die alongside co-host Patrick McIntyre. [22]
On October 3, 2012, Byron and Belleci made a guest appearance on the Discovery series Sons of Guns. They test-fired some of the weapons in the Red Jacket shop, then watched as the staff retested a myth busted by the Build Team in 2008, that a propane tank could explode when hit with a bullet. The MythBusters at a 2015 performance in Iowa
A bullet fired horizontally and one dropped from the same height will hit the ground simultaneously. Confirmed Adam and Jamie first carried out two small-scale experiments: one using ball bearings (dropped vs. shot from a spring-loaded launcher), and the other using paintballs (dropped vs. fired from a paintball gun).
Kari converted an actual 1964–65 Imperial into a Black Beauty replica, and Grant and Tory fired over 200 rounds of submachine gun ammunition into it to replicate the movie car's condition. The Build Team then constructed a rig to replicate the elevator, using a forklift that could generate 35,000 pounds of lifting force.
An RPG fired at the front end of a stationary SUV punched into the engine compartment, but the vehicle remained in place and did not flip. For the second test, the team allowed the SUV to roll downhill along a track before firing; the explosion damaged the front end, but the vehicle continued to roll forward without flipping.
Note: This is the first appearance of Kari Byron. P3: Special–3 "Poppy-Seed Drug Test" [1] ... Can a rifle fired with a boresight in the barrel backfire and explode