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Please don't try anything that you're about to see us do at home ever.

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Giant conveyor belt.

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Then Tori Grant and Carrie bug out with creepy crawlies.

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With the classic myth can cockroaches survive the radiation from a nuclear bomb.

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Finally the team blow an internet prank out of all proportion.

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Oh my god, Grant, Grant get over here look at this.

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When they find out if foam can really soil a sedan.

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This is more than a prank, this is evil.

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Who are the myth busters?

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It's time to blow some stuff up.

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Adam Savage.

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This is killing me.

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And Jamie Heineman.

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That was fun.

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Between them more than 30 years of special effects experience.

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This is the kind of thing I do on the weekend.

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Joining them, Carrie Byron.

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Come over here, you smell that?

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Grant Imahara.

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He's alive.

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And Tori Balachy.

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This is starting to feel like a bad idea.

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They don't just tell the myths, they put them to the test.

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And first up, a myth that's caused a fan site frenzy.

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I gotta tell you, this next myth man is super controversial.

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There's literally thousands of pages of the most vitriolic discussions

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on both the World Wide Web and the Discovery Fan site about this next myth.

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So that probably means that we're doing Plane on a conveyor belt.

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Exactly right.

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Let me spell it out for you.

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Normally a plane sits on a runway, spins up its engine,

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moves forward, gets enough air over the wings and takes off.

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But in this case the plane is sitting not on a runway

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but a huge conveyor belt that is matching the plane's forward speed

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and reverse.

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The grand question is, can the plane take off?

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The myth is that it can't.

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Well, I know what I think.

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Ah, keep it to yourself because we're going to test it out.

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It's a complex myth that's driven the fan site wild

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and it's definitely one to get your thinking.

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If an airplane is on a conveyor belt

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and both are going the plane's take off speed

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but in opposite directions, what will happen?

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Some say the plane will take off,

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others say the plane will be held in place.

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But what do you think?

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How are we going to test this?

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I figured the best thing is, as always, to start small.

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Let's go get the simplest conveyor belt we have access to.

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That'd be my treadmill.

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Exactly.

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Put a model plane on it and see what happens

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when we put those two things together.

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I also think I know the exact model plane I want to use.

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Grant has a ton of experience flying it and might be able to teach us.

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Okay.

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Perfect.

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So to curtail this controversy,

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they need a conveyor belt and an airplane.

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And Grant's been drafted in to help Adam and Jamie get their wings.

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Hey.

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Can you teach me how to fly this to do an airplane on conveyor belt?

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Absolutely.

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Alright, let's go.

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Okay guys, so this is a park flyer.

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It's a very slow directional controls

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on the right side so you can keep a position.

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Which is an elevator.

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That makes it perfect for a beginning flyer.

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Grant makes it all sound so easy.

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But already Jamie has some grave concerns.

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I don't know if I can handle this actually.

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We're using this particular item the way that it was intended.

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And leaving Jamie stunned,

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Adam's cleared for takeoff.

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Good, good.

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My prediction for Adam is,

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he's got an exuberant personality.

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He is likely to crash as fast as possible.

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Jamie on the other hand has a very controlled personality.

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He is likely to fly a very controlled pattern.

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That was some nice flying.

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In fact, the man with the fly-boy mustache

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proves to be something like the red baron.

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With acrobatics like that,

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he's qualified as chief aviator on the test.

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But will it be enough to quell the quarreling caused by this myth?

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Well gentlemen, looks like you've got things under control here.

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Reasonably, thanks for your help, Ben.

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Alright.

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Thanks, Grant.

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Take care.

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Good luck.

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Thanks, I think we're going to need it.

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Now, if you've never heard of this next myth,

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you must live in a nuclear bunker.

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The next myth is a super creepy, crawly one,

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and I'm not really happy about it.

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It's about cockroaches.

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Ugh, I hate cockroaches.

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Alright, so what's the myth?

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The myth is a classic that everyone's heard of,

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that cockroaches will be the only things to survive a nuclear blast.

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Well, that sounds cool,

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but how are we going to test this without killing ourselves?

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Here's food for thought.

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Like it or not, cockroaches are everywhere.

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And so far, they've survived 300 million years on this planet.

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But can they really survive a nuclear explosion?

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Specifically, this myth is about the radiation

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that the cockroaches would get from the nuclear blast,

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and not the blast itself.

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Because, face it, that's going to be so hot,

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it's going to fry anything anyway.

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Alright, so how are we going to test this?

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The roaches are going to be the easy thing.

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The radiation might be a little harder.

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Well, I think for completeness,

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we should try a few other types of insects,

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just to make sure the cockroaches

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are the only thing that will survive.

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Why don't we do fruit flies,

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because that's a classic insect for these types of experiments.

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We'll also do flower beetles, because they're very tough.

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So it's an all-star insect lineup,

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including flower beetles and fruit flies.

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But first up,

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the guys get faced to antenna

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with the principal parasite for this parable.

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Okay, guys, here is a box.

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I am sure the delivery guy is very excited

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to not open up in his truck.

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These are cockroaches.

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Say, good-n-tug to the German cockroach.

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Cutie, cutie, cutie.

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They cause allergic reactions in people.

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Oh, there's so many in there.

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Got another runner.

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And have even been known to feed on human nighttime dribble.

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Dude, that is so dirty.

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But will the cockroaches be able to feed on humans?

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No, they won't.

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Damn, that is so dirty.

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But will the deadly radiation described in the myth

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get the better of them?

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Oh, this guy is like a sprinter.

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So with most of the roaches raring to go,

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what's next for this myth?

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I'm calling insects to come to me

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so that I can put them in these boxes

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and irradiate them.

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I know that's kind of cruel.

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They don't really know what's going to hit them.

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But, you know, science is fun, but it's not always nice.

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It's exciting.

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Because with insect death a possibility,

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this myth is pretty unusual.

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From savage sharks

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and angry arachnids

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to

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to gnarling guard dogs.

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Run, run, run!

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Where animals are involved,

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it's normally the mythbusters that come off second best.

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But not this time.

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These cockroaches may be on death row,

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but because they were roaches,

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they were not in the box.

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They were on death row,

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but because they were bred for use in a science lab,

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their days were always numbered.

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But if the myth is true,

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then no harm will come to them.

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In the cockroach survival experiment,

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I need to make some sort of compartment

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that's going to hold 50 cockroaches.

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I need them all to get equal amount of radiation,

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making a little cockroach motel of death.

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Or as I'd like to call it,

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the holiday end.

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And once the insect containment boxes

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are conjured up,

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the guys just need to get hold of some nuclear radiation.

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And that should be easy.

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Later,

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Adam and Jamie put

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plane on a conveyor belt

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to the ultimate test.

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Go, Jamie, go!

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But next,

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it's survival of the yuckiest

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as the team makes roaches and radiation.

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It's the road to nowhere.

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The lowly conveyor belt

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is mankind's labor-saving tool,

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manufacturing aid,

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and even automated dog walker.

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But it's also part

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of an incredibly controversial

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conundrum.

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The world's most advanced

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and most advanced dog walker,

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the Yuckie,

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is the most advanced dog walker.

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And it's the most advanced dog walker

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in the world.

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It's a controversial conundrum.

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If a conveyor belt was going

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to take off speed of an airplane

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in one direction,

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can it stop that airplane

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from taking off in the other direction?

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Or would the plane simply

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take to the skies?

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So far, Adam and Jamie

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have graduated from flight school.

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All they need now

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is a conveyor belt.

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And this not-so-run-of-the-mill

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human-treadmill

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and running.

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We know what speed the plane needs to take off, so we've set the treadmill to go that

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speed.

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We're going to put the plane on it, see what it takes off.

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And with the airplane's takeoff speed being 11.3 miles per hour, both the plane and the

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belt are set to that magic number.

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I've read literally thousands of pages of vitriolic commentary and argument on the web

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about airplanes on a conveyor belt, but nowhere did I find anyone who'd put an airplane on

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a conveyor belt.

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That's just what we're about to do in scale here.

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And hopefully we're about to answer some really important questions.

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It sounds simple, but as Adam soon finds out, it's not all plane sailing.

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I'm sensing a problem.

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Those wheels are so flimsy.

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They are so flimsy and they're just moving around.

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Adam's engineered a flight plan to steer the plane and carefully making sure he's not

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pushing it forward.

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It's all systems go.

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It's an airplane on a conveyor belt, dude.

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It's one of the great questions on the internet.

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Ain't that the truth, but it's not answered yet, Adam.

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I'll set it to fat burn.

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Fat burn, nice.

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So with the treadmill set to fat burn in one direction, Janie's plane burns rubber in the

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other direction.

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Go ahead and ramp it up.

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Luckily, they get their act together.

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But is that a result?

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And we thought it was going to do what?

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It went right off the end of the conveyor belt.

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No.

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Yes.

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Yes.

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With the conveyor belt going 11.3 miles per hour in reverse, Janie accelerated the plane

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up to match that speed.

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And get this, the plane moved forwards.

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However, it didn't have a chance to get airborne because the treadmill is too short.

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The guys are investigating an atomic bomb of a myth.

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Reputed to survive the deadly radiation from a nuclear explosion, apparently cockroaches

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will inherit the earth.

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But will they be alone?

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I've been combing the black market, I've been searching the internet and finding a nuclear

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bomb is not as easy as you might think.

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Fortunately, our researchers have managed to find a lab that's willing to work with us.

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Yeah, apparently they have a Cobalt-60 radiation source that they're willing to let us test

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with.

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Awesome.

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I can't believe we're actually going to do this myth.

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Well believe it, Carrie, because it's all going to go down at the Pacific Northwest

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Laboratory.

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Inside the imposing structure, Tori meets radiation expert Michelle Johnson.

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All right, so Michelle, this is where we're going to be irradiating the insects, right?

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Right.

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We have a Cobalt-60 source in here and it produces a radiation level of about 55,000

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R per hour, which is enough to kill you in about 10 minutes.

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As Tori picks his jaw up off the floor, let's get this straight.

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They're not using a nuclear bomb to irradiate the insects, but a highly dangerous radioactive

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metal called Cobalt-60.

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They'll use this metal to irradiate their insects at three different exposure settings

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called RADS.

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RADS 1 will be a thousand RADS.

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Test 2, 10,000.

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And test 3, 100,000.

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And alarmingly, even the lowest dose is really bad news for a human.

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And with the bugs all set, it's go time for the 1000 RAD test.

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What happens is the radiation source will come up to the porthole here and then we'll

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have a beam of radiation.

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That will be exposing our insects.

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With the first bugs in place, a push of a button reveals the alarmingly lethal radiation

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source.

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Right now we're radiating our cockroaches, our fruit flies, and our flower beetles at

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a thousand RAD.

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Now that is the lethal dose for humans right on the other side of that wall.

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And to make it even scarier, we're told we can't go past this line.

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Safe, unsafe.

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It's undoubtedly one of the most dangerous experiments in the history of Mythbusters.

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For human beings, a mere line on the floor separates life and death.

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But after three minutes in the firing line, will the insects be incinerated?

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Fruit flies are going to be fruit fries.

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Later the Mythbusters confront the controversy of playing on a treadmill full scale.

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Oh, that was beautiful.

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But first, if roachers get nuked, will they rule the roost?

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Let's zap them.

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The Mythbusters are no strangers to controversy.

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They campaigned for free energy.

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It's breaking free of the bonds of the energy conglomerates.

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And took on the man in the great gas conspiracy.

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Okay, that's enough of that, Ted.

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But now they're tackling the most debated myth in Mythbusters history.

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It's one of the great questions on the internet.

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If an airplane was on a conveyor belt and both were going the same speed but in opposite directions,

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would the plane be held in place or would it take off?

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So far it's been a turbulent ride.

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The plane's gone forward on the conveyor belt, but it hasn't taken off.

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And that means the boys need a new plan.

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We need a longer treadmill, and I don't see how we can modify this to be long enough.

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Well, how about if she'd have butchered paper?

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Just a long roll of it and you're just yanking.

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That's great. That's terrific.

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All we need for that test is to figure out what the shortest distance this could become airborne in.

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Alright, this is airplane takeoff test one, Jamie, whenever you're ready.

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Dude, that took off at like 20 feet.

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With the takeoff distance sorted, what's next?

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I'm going to drag 20 feet of this butcher paper behind my device here with the plane facing in reverse, like this.

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I'm going to get up to about 12 miles an hour over the takeoff speed.

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Jamie's going to kick this plane into gear, and if it can take off before it leaves the paper,

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then I think this myth is not looking very good.

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Long conveyor belt test in three, two, one.

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Oops, stop.

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Ah, nope.

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Oh, it just goes to show what looks good on paper doesn't always work in practice.

333
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No, the plane just went off before I had even controlled it.

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Alley's not a happy camper.

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But maybe a little runway maintenance will help his piloting skills and settle this global dispute once and for all.

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Okay, I'm ready to start. You all ready?

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I'm ready.

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Okay, go.

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After so many false starts and so much controversy, is that a flying plane?

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That is a flying plane, and it was on the paper when it took off.

341
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Excellent.

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Confounding and confusing, the plane didn't stay where it was.

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It moved forward and took off before the end of the conveyor belt.

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Here's the thing. If the myth is that a plane on a conveyor belt can't take off, we just had a plane on a conveyor belt and it took off.

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And what's more, they have a theory as to why.

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Alright, I'm trying to use this car to demonstrate where I think people get mixed up.

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The forward speed of the car is exactly the same as the backward speed of the conveyor belt, thus the car remains stationary.

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And this is why people think that the plane's not taking off, because there it is, the stationary's not moving.

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Yeah, but cars and airplanes move by different means.

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If the air is sending power to its wheels, that's what makes it move forward or backward or keep up with the conveyor belt.

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Airplanes have free spinning wheels, and they move because there's a propeller pushing air, which makes the airplane go forward.

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Exactly. So, if I remove power to the wheels of this car, thus turning it into a plane, and then my hand pushing will represent the force of the propeller pushing against the air, and I feel almost no resistance on the conveyor belt.

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So the plane moves forward.

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And it takes off.

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Exactly.

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So let's get this straight.

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A car gets its thrust through its wheels, creating forward motion using the ground it's on.

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But a plane gets its thrust through its engines, which are independent of its wheels, and so is not affected by the ground, or in this case, the conveyor belt.

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When engines are on, forward motion will happen.

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That's the theory.

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But to cement their place in history, the Mythbusters are going full scale with a manned aircraft, and the mother of all conveyor belts.

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The question is, will they get airborne?

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Back at Roche HQ, the 1000 Rad Radiation Test is over.

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Free flies are still moving. Fire beetles still moving.

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Crack roaches still moving.

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Remarkably, all the bugs seem to be alive, well at least for now.

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Because radiation works on a cellular level, exposure may not take effect immediately, so each set of bugs is put into containers, which will then be monitored over a 30 day period.

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We just did our first test at 1000 Rad. The bugs look alright, so we're moving on to the second test, which is 10,000 Rad.

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So in test 2, the dial gets cranked up by a factor of 10.

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It's affecting the cameras, but luckily it isn't affecting Grant.

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I have to admit that it is a little freaky to go into the room, but I'm starting to understand that just because we subject the bugs to radiation, doesn't make them radioactive.

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They're still moving. Nice.

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Just like last time, they're all still alive, even after 10,000 Rad. But only time will tell how long these bugs will last.

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Now we're going to step it up. We're going to 100,000 Rad. That is 100 times the lethal dose for a human. That is melting faces at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark scaring.

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Let's zap them.

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And while the last set of bugs are being zapped, Raiders of the Lost Ark style, Grant's found out the background to this myth.

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Hey, do you know what I found out about the science of radiation?

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No, what?

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Well, we know that radioactivity was discovered by Henri Becquerel in the late 1880s, but it wasn't until more recently that scientists found out that it's the sensitive tissues like those in our bone marrow or intestinal tract that make us more susceptible to poisoning by radiation than other species.

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The theory is that the more simple body structures of the insects should make them less susceptible to radiation than us.

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Well, that's the theory. But after the 100,000 Rad test, the news ain't good for the bugs.

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Oh my gosh. From the looks of it, there might be like 10% still alive. That's frightening.

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Nearly all of Test 3's cockroaches have died. But from the looks of the other bug boxes, this test ain't over yet.

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So we've got all of our bugs here that have been exposed to the various levels of radiation, 1,000, 10,000 and 100,000 Rad.

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Now we've got a fourth group and that is the control set. The only difference is that they haven't been exposed to any radiation.

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We'll be able to use that to compare to the bugs that have been irradiated and see how they do.

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So it's back to the show. But the question is, will the bugs survive or will they drop like flies?

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It's the sum of all fears. But would cockroaches survive the radiation of a nuclear explosion and inherit the Earth?

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In this classic modern myth, Kari Torian Grant have blasted three species of insect with three increasing levels of radiation.

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Will the cockroach be the ultimate survivor?

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Hopefully they haven't mutated into some crazy monsters.

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Back at the shop, what's the bug bulletin?

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Okay, so here's the plan. We have 12 boxes of insects. Four cockroaches, four flower beetles and four fruit flies.

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We'll be monitoring them over the next 30 days counting how many die.

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The job of insect coroner may sound grim, but for the mythbusters, it's important to keep upbeat.

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We've got a breach.

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And what's more, they're making sure the bugs on death row are being well looked after.

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They'll be given all the food and water they need and we'll check in on the 15-day and 30-day increments.

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And we'll see if the cockroach is in fact the ultimate survivor.

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So with two weeks to wait until the next dead count, the team needs something else to do.

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Coming up, will the mythbusters feel the wind beneath their wings?

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Oh crap.

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But first, the team scrutinize a soapy internet story.

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Oh my God! Crack! Crack! Get over here! Look at this!

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And this is perfect. A foamy fable straight from the fan site.

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One, two, three.

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What the hell are we doing this for?

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There is actually a myth associated with it. If you take a can of shaving cream and freeze it,

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if you take off the outside, put it in someone's car, it'll expand to fill the car.

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Shaving cream is a practical joke staple for any frat boy funster or perky prankster.

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But as the internet rumor suggests, could one can of frozen shaving cream really inflate to fill a car?

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The first step in this myth is to freeze the can of shaving cream.

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I'll leave it in there for a few hours and while that's freezing, I'm going to go get cleaned up.

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Alright, I have my shaving cream, it's frozen solid.

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Now all I need to do is cut off the can, hopefully it won't explode in my face.

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What I should be left with is a cylinder of frozen shaving cream.

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And I'll stick that into the car and hopefully as it starts to thaw, it'll expand and fill up the whole car.

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Quick, close the door!

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This caper promises a car bursting with bubbles.

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But, Tori's scoring this myth low on the prankometer. Lower even than the infamous biscuit bullet.

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This is probably the lamest prank I've ever seen.

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There's no way this can of shaving cream is going to fill the entire car.

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Obviously, Tori thinks this fansite toiletry tale stinks.

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But five hours later...

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Oh my god! Grant! Grant! Get over here! Look at this!

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What? What? What?

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Nothing.

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That is so un-amazing.

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Clearly they're unimpressed with the foam's lack of inflation.

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But these merry pranksters aren't done yet.

431
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I'm a lame prank.

432
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You know, we did buy 50 cans.

433
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Yeah!

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So it's take two. At this time, it's 50 cans into the freezer.

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And quick as a flash.

436
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Alright, we gotta move fast.

437
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These things are gonna start to frost it.

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It's a race against time as Grant and Tori grind open all 50 frozen cans.

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Okay.

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But once the car's loaded up, the hours pass in the blink of an eye.

441
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Oh!

442
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You know what? Nothing.

443
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Well, but you know what? That's expanded a lot more than I thought it would.

444
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This isn't a prank. It's a minor inconvenience.

445
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Fans suggested shaving foam. And it's a flop.

446
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But rest assured, the mythbusters have a last plan up their sleeve.

447
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The next step is we're gonna ramp it up.

448
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We are going to create a situation where foam is going to come out of the windows.

449
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Possibly explode the car.

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And in 2008, millions are clashing over the myth of plane on a conveyor belt.

451
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Excellent!

452
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That little airplane took off just like I thought it would.

453
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So myth buster, right?

454
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Not so fast, man. You know we can't leave it there.

455
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You know this debate would never be quelled until you and I did it full scale.

456
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And that's just what we have to do.

457
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Well, you know what that means.

458
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Yes, I do. It means a real plane and it means a really big conveyor belt.

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And hey presto, this should do it.

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A 2,000 foot length of tarpaulin, which they can drag behind a truck to create the biggest conveyor belt in history.

461
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And with that sorted, they cruise down to Castle Airport.

462
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I love it. That thing's great.

463
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Where they meet the other ingredient for this myth, kamikaze ultralight pilot, Mark Johnson.

464
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It's the Cadillac of ultralights.

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It's 400 pounds, the engine's 100, so the plane itself's only 300.

466
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And it'll take off straight up, 1200 feet a minute. It's quite amazing.

467
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It's amazing, but will it take off on the conveyor belt?

468
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It's bigger scale and a bigger challenge with Mark's life on the line.

469
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Just like in small scale, the mythbusters need distance and speed measurements to get this myth off the ground.

470
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All right, distance to take off. Good to go.

471
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Jamie gives clearance. Mark floors it. And in no time at all.

472
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Take off distance, 85 feet. That's fantastic for us.

473
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Fantastic.

474
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Next, the guys need the take off speed.

475
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We've got the cockpit camera that we put on the airspeed indicator in miles per hour.

476
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Let's see what its take off speed was.

477
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That was...

478
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Yeah, about 25 miles an hour.

479
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And with speed and distance covered, it's time to launch full scale.

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First up, Mark's ultralight will be moved onto the tarpaulin treadmill.

481
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Then Jamie will attach his pickup to the end of the tarp.

482
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He'll pull it at 25 miles per hour in the opposite direction to the ultralight, just as Mark tries to take off.

483
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That's the plan. So where's the tarp?

484
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We've got 2,000 feet of 12 foot wide tarp, which we're going to drag behind Jamie's pickup truck, effectively making the world's biggest conveyor belt.

485
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It's a simple plan, which Adam, playing the role of the airplane, demonstrates.

486
00:30:03,780 --> 00:30:06,780
But there's trouble when he rips holes in the tarp.

487
00:30:06,780 --> 00:30:07,780
Sorry.

488
00:30:07,780 --> 00:30:09,780
And that's not the only problem.

489
00:30:10,780 --> 00:30:13,780
So it's not as simple as we thought. The wind's shifting down the runway.

490
00:30:13,780 --> 00:30:18,780
It's only about 10 or 15 degrees, but each time it shifts, it's throwing this whole thing in a tizzy.

491
00:30:19,780 --> 00:30:23,780
It seems traditional myth buster patients has gone with the wind.

492
00:30:24,780 --> 00:30:27,780
You're going to stop. I don't know where the f*** you're going.

493
00:30:28,780 --> 00:30:32,780
If this wind is heading up the runway, we can't do anything. It's f***ing...

494
00:30:33,780 --> 00:30:36,780
Well, as you can see, the wind has picked up. It's causing us a big problem.

495
00:30:36,780 --> 00:30:39,780
So we're out of here. We're going to be back early in the morning.

496
00:30:40,780 --> 00:30:47,780
It's the most requested fan myth ever, so failure to launch is not an option for the myth busters.

497
00:30:47,780 --> 00:30:51,780
Tomorrow is their last chance to blow away this myth.

498
00:30:58,780 --> 00:31:02,780
To answer the question, will cockroaches inherit the earth after a nuclear blast?

499
00:31:03,780 --> 00:31:11,780
Cary, Tori and Grant have exposed cockroaches, fruit flies and flower beetles to terrifyingly high levels of radiation.

500
00:31:12,780 --> 00:31:13,780
Tricky little b***.

501
00:31:14,780 --> 00:31:16,780
And at the halfway mark of the experiment...

502
00:31:17,780 --> 00:31:18,780
Oh, stinks!

503
00:31:20,780 --> 00:31:22,780
The death toll is mounting.

504
00:31:22,780 --> 00:31:29,780
But with two weeks to go, it's still too early to call which bug will be the ultimate survivor.

505
00:31:30,780 --> 00:31:31,780
What is he doing?

506
00:31:31,780 --> 00:31:34,780
Tori's trying to see if he can hold his breath longer than a cockroach.

507
00:31:34,780 --> 00:31:36,780
Why, do cockroaches hold their breath for a long time?

508
00:31:36,780 --> 00:31:37,780
Yeah, supposedly.

509
00:31:39,780 --> 00:31:40,780
Where's my gun?

510
00:31:40,780 --> 00:31:41,780
Eight seconds.

511
00:31:41,780 --> 00:31:47,780
Well, if you want to see how long cockroaches can hold their breath, log on to discovery.com slash mythbusters and check it out.

512
00:31:53,780 --> 00:31:59,780
I have the only remaining life form to have survived a hundred thousand rad dose of radiation.

513
00:32:09,780 --> 00:32:11,780
Practical jokes are great fun.

514
00:32:12,780 --> 00:32:13,780
As long as they work.

515
00:32:15,780 --> 00:32:21,780
But as we've seen, the foam fizzer from the fan site barely registered on the prankometer.

516
00:32:21,780 --> 00:32:24,780
This is probably the lamest prank I've ever seen.

517
00:32:24,780 --> 00:32:26,780
It's of microscopic proportions.

518
00:32:26,780 --> 00:32:34,780
So now the team is taking it to absolute max with 25 gallons of something called AB foam.

519
00:32:34,780 --> 00:32:36,780
AB foam comes as a liquid.

520
00:32:36,780 --> 00:32:37,780
It's two parts.

521
00:32:37,780 --> 00:32:42,780
You mix equal parts together and then you have about 30 seconds of mixing time before it starts expanding and foaming up.

522
00:32:42,780 --> 00:32:48,780
But once it sets, after about 20 minutes, it's a hard, rigid, dense foam.

523
00:32:49,780 --> 00:32:58,780
In fact, it's so quick to expand and so cohesive that when Adam and Jamie blew up a plane, they used AB foam to seal the deal.

524
00:32:59,780 --> 00:33:01,780
Attention, the plane is alive.

525
00:33:04,780 --> 00:33:09,780
But when AB foam is mixed, it gives off heat in an exothermic reaction.

526
00:33:09,780 --> 00:33:14,780
And with 25 gallons of the stuff, that's even got Tori worried.

527
00:33:14,780 --> 00:33:16,780
We're going to take some safety precautions.

528
00:33:16,780 --> 00:33:17,780
We're going to empty out the gas.

529
00:33:17,780 --> 00:33:18,780
We're going to empty out the oil.

530
00:33:18,780 --> 00:33:21,780
We have some fire extinguishers standing by.

531
00:33:21,780 --> 00:33:27,780
If it does catch on fire, it can burn itself out and no structures will be in danger.

532
00:33:31,780 --> 00:33:37,780
25 gallons of liquid is equivalent to around 3.5 cubic feet.

533
00:33:38,780 --> 00:33:46,780
But once mixed, will the chemical foam swell up enough to fill the 90 cubic feet of space inside the car?

534
00:33:46,780 --> 00:33:50,780
One thing's for sure, there's no time to consider details.

535
00:33:51,780 --> 00:33:55,780
Once you start mixing, there's no like waiting and oops I did it wrong.

536
00:33:55,780 --> 00:33:57,780
No, you have to go and you have to go immediately.

537
00:33:57,780 --> 00:34:02,780
Once this thing starts to go, you've got to get as many kits in there as possible.

538
00:34:02,780 --> 00:34:11,780
There are absolutely no second chances in this test because in a matter of seconds, this luxury sedan is stuffed full of foam.

539
00:34:11,780 --> 00:34:17,780
This is more than a prank. This is evil. This is a car that will never ever drive again.

540
00:34:17,780 --> 00:34:20,780
Just to show you how rigid this foam is.

541
00:34:26,780 --> 00:34:27,780
Look at that.

542
00:34:28,780 --> 00:34:30,780
Solid. Solid.

543
00:34:30,780 --> 00:34:32,780
That is a mean, mean thing to do.

544
00:34:33,780 --> 00:34:37,780
Yeah, we did it. We filled the car up with AB foam.

545
00:34:37,780 --> 00:34:41,780
The dreams come true. I've always wanted to see this and now I have.

546
00:34:41,780 --> 00:34:45,780
You know, the shaving cream wasn't that great of a joke.

547
00:34:45,780 --> 00:34:49,780
So we ramped it up and this is what we came up with.

548
00:34:49,780 --> 00:34:55,780
I'm totally satisfied. I know if I walked up to my car and it looked like that, I'd be pretty upset.

549
00:34:55,780 --> 00:34:58,780
It would ruin my day, not to mention my car.

550
00:34:58,780 --> 00:35:03,780
Oh, and anybody thinking of pranking the team, here's some tough talk for you.

551
00:35:05,780 --> 00:35:07,780
Don't mess with us. That's what you get.

552
00:35:18,780 --> 00:35:22,780
Carrie, Tori and Grant have been playing with deadly radiation.

553
00:35:22,780 --> 00:35:26,780
Captain, I recommend we set all phasers to stud.

554
00:35:28,780 --> 00:35:35,780
They've exposed cockroaches, fruit flies and flower beetles to three levels of this invisible killer.

555
00:35:35,780 --> 00:35:40,780
But which one will be crowned the ultimate survivor?

556
00:35:41,780 --> 00:35:45,780
That was a month ago and ever since they've been counting the dead.

557
00:35:45,780 --> 00:35:46,780
Ten.

558
00:35:46,780 --> 00:35:48,780
Oh, no hit on that one.

559
00:35:49,780 --> 00:35:51,780
It's been a morbid 30 days.

560
00:35:51,780 --> 00:35:56,780
But remember, these insects were always bred for death by science.

561
00:35:58,780 --> 00:36:03,780
Just like Tori, the insects have been hit hard, but there are survivors.

562
00:36:04,780 --> 00:36:07,780
You know, this is crazy. This is the 10,000 rad.

563
00:36:07,780 --> 00:36:13,780
This is 10 times the lethal dose for humans and look how many cockroaches are still kicking.

564
00:36:13,780 --> 00:36:16,780
And the flower beetles have gone one better.

565
00:36:16,780 --> 00:36:23,780
I have here in my hand the only remaining life form to have survived a hundred thousand rad dose of radiation.

566
00:36:23,780 --> 00:36:25,780
The flower beetle.

567
00:36:25,780 --> 00:36:29,780
So is this myth busted or confirmed?

568
00:36:29,780 --> 00:36:31,780
And done.

569
00:36:31,780 --> 00:36:37,780
Okay, so the idea was that cockroaches would be the only thing to survive a nuclear blast. What do we get?

570
00:36:37,780 --> 00:36:40,780
Well, remarkably, cockroaches are really good survivors.

571
00:36:40,780 --> 00:36:44,780
After 30 days, the ones exposed to 10,000 rad still had 30% still alive.

572
00:36:44,780 --> 00:36:49,780
And the ones exposed to a thousand rad had 50% still alive. It's pretty amazing.

573
00:36:49,780 --> 00:36:53,780
That's incredible. Considering if we were exposed to a thousand rad, we'd be dead.

574
00:36:53,780 --> 00:36:57,780
So it's confirmed. Cockroaches out-survived humans after a nuclear blast.

575
00:36:57,780 --> 00:37:01,780
True, but we tested three types of insects and the other two did much better than cockroaches.

576
00:37:01,780 --> 00:37:04,780
Yeah, the fruit flies did really well until they died of natural causes.

577
00:37:04,780 --> 00:37:06,780
And then the flower beetles, well, they were the strongest.

578
00:37:06,780 --> 00:37:11,780
After being exposed to a hundred thousand rad, which is a hundred times the amount that would kill us,

579
00:37:11,780 --> 00:37:13,780
they were still 10% alive.

580
00:37:13,780 --> 00:37:17,780
The cockroaches, there was none that survived after that kind of exposure.

581
00:37:17,780 --> 00:37:21,780
So the final result is that all the insects out-survived humans,

582
00:37:21,780 --> 00:37:26,780
but as far as inheriting the Earth, there are much better candidates than the cockroach.

583
00:37:26,780 --> 00:37:28,780
Which means it's busted.

584
00:37:28,780 --> 00:37:31,780
Busted, just like our chances of reproducing.

585
00:37:35,780 --> 00:37:41,780
Up next, they're cleared for takeoff, but will they settle the squabble surrounding the myth?

586
00:37:41,780 --> 00:37:46,780
All right, this is full-size airplane on a conveyor belt, for real this time!

587
00:37:52,780 --> 00:37:58,780
In 100 years of flight, man has tried to get off the ground in some inventive ways.

588
00:38:01,780 --> 00:38:06,780
But none have caused such heated public debate as this flight of fancy.

589
00:38:07,780 --> 00:38:13,780
If a manned airplane is on a conveyor belt and both are going at the airplane's takeoff speed,

590
00:38:13,780 --> 00:38:17,780
but in opposite directions, will the plane be held where it is?

591
00:38:17,780 --> 00:38:19,780
Or will it take off?

592
00:38:21,780 --> 00:38:24,780
Yesterday, big scale hit big problems.

593
00:38:24,780 --> 00:38:28,780
The crosswind blew away any chance of a test.

594
00:38:28,780 --> 00:38:32,780
If this wind is heading up the runway, we can't do anything.

595
00:38:35,780 --> 00:38:39,780
It's dawn on the tarmac, and that's why we're here, because there's no wind.

596
00:38:39,780 --> 00:38:42,780
We're told the first couple of hours of the morning.

597
00:38:42,780 --> 00:38:45,780
We are not going to be able to fly.

598
00:38:45,780 --> 00:38:48,780
We're going to be the first couple of hours of the morning.

599
00:38:48,780 --> 00:38:51,780
We are hauling ass because the tarp is perfect right now.

600
00:38:51,780 --> 00:38:54,780
It's like making a very big bed.

601
00:38:54,780 --> 00:39:00,780
With less than a guff of air movement, you could say the mythbusters have broken wind.

602
00:39:00,780 --> 00:39:02,780
This is looking great.

603
00:39:02,780 --> 00:39:05,780
But another discovery could seriously jeopardize this test.

604
00:39:05,780 --> 00:39:08,780
Yesterday, while Jamie was driving, just a little slow speed,

605
00:39:08,780 --> 00:39:11,780
I decided to run on the tarp because it thought it would be funny.

606
00:39:11,780 --> 00:39:15,780
But every time I foot hit the tarp, it tore a huge hole in it.

607
00:39:15,780 --> 00:39:18,780
That's what I'm picturing as the worst case scenario.

608
00:39:18,780 --> 00:39:22,780
But the moment that plane starts to roll and Jamie starts to drive in the opposite direction,

609
00:39:22,780 --> 00:39:25,780
the tarp just, whoosh, just rips all the hell.

610
00:39:25,780 --> 00:39:30,780
Even though he's facing a bizarre conveyor belt death, Mark seems unflappable.

611
00:39:30,780 --> 00:39:35,780
But with ten years of flying experience, what does he think of the myth?

612
00:39:35,780 --> 00:39:40,780
Do you think that this conveyor belt will be able to keep your plane from taking off?

613
00:39:40,780 --> 00:39:46,780
Yes, if I match my speed exactly the same speed forward as this going backwards,

614
00:39:46,780 --> 00:39:51,780
and there's no air over the wings, I should just sit there like a brick.

615
00:39:51,780 --> 00:39:52,780
Hang on.

616
00:39:52,780 --> 00:39:54,780
I should just sit there like a brick.

617
00:39:54,780 --> 00:39:57,780
So, the controversy continues.

618
00:39:57,780 --> 00:40:03,780
Pilot Mark believes the myth that the plane will be held in place by the belt.

619
00:40:03,780 --> 00:40:07,780
And if we do take off, I'm going to be a surprised individual.

620
00:40:07,780 --> 00:40:12,780
It's surprising, but small scale proved the plane got enough lift for take off.

621
00:40:12,780 --> 00:40:17,780
So there's only one way to settle the argument once and for all.

622
00:40:17,780 --> 00:40:18,780
You guys ready to do this thing?

623
00:40:18,780 --> 00:40:19,780
I'm ready.

624
00:40:19,780 --> 00:40:20,780
I'm ready.

625
00:40:20,780 --> 00:40:21,780
Let's do it.

626
00:40:21,780 --> 00:40:22,780
All right.

627
00:40:22,780 --> 00:40:23,780
It's time to go big scale.

628
00:40:23,780 --> 00:40:27,780
And with Jamie's pickup pulling a massive conveyor belt in one direction,

629
00:40:27,780 --> 00:40:35,780
will a manned aircraft going the same speed in the other direction have the lift it needs to get airborne?

630
00:40:35,780 --> 00:40:37,780
Mark does his final checks.

631
00:40:37,780 --> 00:40:40,780
Light sport, you're clear to take off.

632
00:40:40,780 --> 00:40:41,780
Copy that.

633
00:40:41,780 --> 00:40:43,780
Jamie's all set.

634
00:40:43,780 --> 00:40:45,780
The truck is in gear.

635
00:40:45,780 --> 00:40:46,780
I'm good to go.

636
00:40:46,780 --> 00:40:47,780
Over.

637
00:40:47,780 --> 00:40:48,780
All right.

638
00:40:48,780 --> 00:40:51,780
This is full size airplane on a conveyor belt for real this time.

639
00:40:51,780 --> 00:40:55,780
Thousands of people wait in anticipation.

640
00:40:55,780 --> 00:40:57,780
And Adam gives the thumbs up.

641
00:40:57,780 --> 00:40:59,780
Go Jamie, go.

642
00:40:59,780 --> 00:41:04,780
Mark and Jamie accelerate in opposite directions.

643
00:41:04,780 --> 00:41:13,780
And it's arguably the most incredible sight since the Wright Brothers got airborne.

644
00:41:13,780 --> 00:41:19,780
A very surprised Mark Johnson takes off in his plane from a conveyor belt.

645
00:41:19,780 --> 00:41:24,780
That worked.

646
00:41:24,780 --> 00:41:26,780
That was beautiful.

647
00:41:26,780 --> 00:41:28,780
Go Jamie, go.

648
00:41:28,780 --> 00:41:30,780
Beautiful take off.

649
00:41:30,780 --> 00:41:33,780
Even with the conveyor belt matching the plane's take off speed,

650
00:41:33,780 --> 00:41:41,780
the plane moves forward past the traffic cones and easily takes to the skies.

651
00:41:41,780 --> 00:41:42,780
Nice work.

652
00:41:42,780 --> 00:41:45,780
Once we started to roll, I gunned it.

653
00:41:45,780 --> 00:41:47,780
You know, I got up at a fairly good clip.

654
00:41:47,780 --> 00:41:51,780
As soon as they told you to go, I was totally expecting to watch the cloth just rip.

655
00:41:51,780 --> 00:41:56,780
And safely back on the ground, Mark is one hell of a stun pilot.

656
00:41:56,780 --> 00:41:58,780
That was beautiful.

657
00:41:58,780 --> 00:42:00,780
That worked like a charm.

658
00:42:00,780 --> 00:42:01,780
Good job.

659
00:42:01,780 --> 00:42:04,780
That's what we call busted on Mythbusters.

660
00:42:04,780 --> 00:42:05,780
It is superior help.

661
00:42:05,780 --> 00:42:06,780
Thank you so much.

662
00:42:06,780 --> 00:42:07,780
That's what I call amazing.

663
00:42:07,780 --> 00:42:08,780
Were you surprised?

664
00:42:08,780 --> 00:42:09,780
Yes.

665
00:42:09,780 --> 00:42:11,780
I was really surprised that it just took off normally.

666
00:42:11,780 --> 00:42:15,780
I thought that I would just sit here like a brick.

667
00:42:15,780 --> 00:42:18,780
It was beautiful being over there and watching the tart moving like this.

668
00:42:18,780 --> 00:42:20,780
And you just took off like it wasn't even there.

669
00:42:20,780 --> 00:42:21,780
You had no relationship to it.

670
00:42:21,780 --> 00:42:22,780
That's true.

671
00:42:22,780 --> 00:42:23,780
And I'm totally surprised.

672
00:42:23,780 --> 00:42:24,780
Awesome.

673
00:42:24,780 --> 00:42:25,780
That was so good.

674
00:42:25,780 --> 00:42:26,780
Safe flying.

675
00:42:26,780 --> 00:42:31,780
Maybe we can supersize this with a jet next time.

676
00:42:31,780 --> 00:42:34,780
This one is so controversial.

677
00:42:34,780 --> 00:42:39,780
I can't believe that the very pilot we hired to test it thought that his plane would remain stationary.

678
00:42:39,780 --> 00:42:46,780
Yeah, for some reason people just can't wrap their brains around the fact that the plane's engine is not sending power to the wheels.

679
00:42:46,780 --> 00:42:47,780
It sends it to the propeller.

680
00:42:47,780 --> 00:42:48,780
Yeah.

681
00:42:48,780 --> 00:42:50,780
Okay, let's get official about this.

682
00:42:50,780 --> 00:42:51,780
How do you want to call it?

683
00:42:51,780 --> 00:42:56,780
Well, we put the plane on a conveyor belt and the plane took off just fine.

684
00:42:56,780 --> 00:42:57,780
So...

685
00:42:57,780 --> 00:42:58,780
I'd say that's busted.

686
00:42:58,780 --> 00:42:59,780
Busted.

687
00:43:05,780 --> 00:43:07,780
That shaving foam experiment was really fun.

688
00:43:07,780 --> 00:43:09,780
Yeah, and it came from a viewer.

689
00:43:09,780 --> 00:43:14,780
Just shows that even frat boy pranks can be tested as viable myths.

690
00:43:14,780 --> 00:43:15,780
Yeah.

691
00:43:15,780 --> 00:43:20,780
And if you have any ideas for myths, log on to discovery.com slash mythbusters and let us know what you got.

692
00:43:21,780 --> 00:43:22,780
Ah!