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Remember, do not try anything you are about to see at home.

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On this episode of MythBusters, Adam and Jamie fight the bullet on an all-time classic myth.

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I'm told it's only going to hurt a lot.

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Do some people tolerate pain better than others?

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Ow.

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From natural redheads.

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I am proud to be one of them.

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Men versus women. Which group has the right stuff?

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Those are some tough mothers.

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And is swearing really a cure?

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Or just a curse?

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Oh, f***, sweet relief.

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Meanwhile, Tori Grant and Carrie tackle the myth of ballistic barbecues.

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Let's torch this thing!

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To see if a propane tank that's feeling the heat...

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We have the best jobs ever!

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...is really a rocket just biding its time.

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Two, one.

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Who are the MythBusters?

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Adam Savage.

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Is my missing an eyebrow?

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And Jamie Heineman.

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Relax. This one hurt a bit.

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Between them more than 30 years of special effects experience...

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I ate a radio for science!

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...joining them...

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Tori Bellachie.

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Hello, fire!

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Grant Imahara.

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Tori!

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And Carrie Byron.

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He's terrifying!

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

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First up, a myth for the masochists.

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Paaay!

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Okay, that's creepy. What are you doing?

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Don't you remember when Spock was talking to the lava months?

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Okay, never mind.

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We are doing a whole set of stories specifically about pain.

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I've got one. You're a pain in the...

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Okay, nope. That's not one of the ones we're doing.

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We have three stories.

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One is that women can stand more pain than men.

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Two is that redheads can't stand very much pain at all.

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And the third, and I think you're gonna like this,

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is that supposedly cursing increases your ability to withstand pain.

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Well, I'm bleepin' love that.

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I thought you would.

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Now, Adam has more than a passing acquaintance with pain.

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And here's just a few of his greatest hits.

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But Adam himself hasn't a clue if his tolerance for pain

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is any better than the next guy.

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We're gonna have to stitch your mouth shut, I think, for this.

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Meh, you wish.

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So how's this gonna work?

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Well, clearly we're gonna have to subject a lot of people to pain

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in order to test these stories.

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I can do that.

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Well, I'm sure that you have some fascinating ideas.

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The fact is that professional scientists

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have been studying this subject for years,

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and I think it would behoove us to go to them

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and ask them what techniques they're using.

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Because remember, we've got to do this without damaging anybody.

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Dr. Chew, how is it you know so much about pain?

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Well, I'm an anesthesiologist, but I'm also a pain researcher.

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And I have a lab here at Stanford

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where I work on discovering new therapies and treatments for pain.

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In order to do that work,

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I need to be able to reliably induce pain in my patients.

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With Dr. Chew's help,

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we'll road test four kinds of clinical torture

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to find out the best one for testing the myths.

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They probably won't cause any real damage.

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First up is heat.

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This little black box here is actually a precisely controllable heater

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which soon we will strap to Jamie's arm

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and increase the heat until he can't stand it anymore.

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What could be better than that?

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Hi, Jamie. Hello.

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Jamie's told that his arm will get steadily hotter

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over the next 60 seconds,

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or until he can't stand it no more.

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So here's the button that you'll press.

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So either red button will turn off the heat immediately.

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Abby also requests that he speaks out the instant he first feels real pain.

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But this is Jamie we're watching.

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A man so tough, he occasionally rusts.

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So that maxed out.

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Well, thank you. That was fun.

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Thank you.

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So here's the question for our man of steel.

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Is this what we're shopping for?

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I'd say that was quite painful and it did leave a mark.

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Whether we want to subject a bunch of people to that,

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Next up, we'll change lab rats and methods.

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This one promises pain like you wouldn't believe.

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I am about to have capsaicin,

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which is the primary element in very spicy peppers,

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I'm told it's only going to hurt a lot.

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Now we've already had an excruciating brush with capsaicin.

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When Tori, Grant and Carrie bravely set out to find a cure for hot chili mouth.

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If capsaicin does that to your tongue,

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Adam, okay.

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Now what I want you to do is not move.

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That'll be your instinct, but do not move.

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On a scale of zero to ten?

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It really feels like I'm being burnt.

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See, I'm not used to feeling a pain that's not actually causing me damage.

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So I really want to like move and run water on it or something.

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Yeah, you want to see something too to make it worth it, right?

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Oh, wow.

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On a Mythbusters pain scale, this is not quite as bad as getting my tongue pierced.

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I'll be right back until it goes away after ten minutes,

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but I don't think I'd want to do this to a bunch of test subjects in our shop.

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I see this as a no-go.

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Okay, let me go now.

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So while Adam recovers, it's Jamie's turn back in the hot seat.

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Next up is electric pain.

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Soon, a pair of electrodes will be strapped to Jamie's arm,

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touching his skin, and a current will be run through them.

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Dr. Chew marks the shape of a star on Jamie's left forearm.

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That's pretty.

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It's not excruciating, but it's not very nice.

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It was just what this test was designed to measure.

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We all know that extreme cold can kill.

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Adam's going to be putting his hand all the way down into this ice bath

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Ow, that's intense.

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all that remains is to choose their poison.

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So it's gloves off between women and men to see who can have last the deep freeze.

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the boys need to scratch build a rig that can serve up the pain and cater for comfort.

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To make the testing more TV friendly, Adam turns a normal kitchen clock into a giant stopwatch.

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Now, to operate this clock, I've rigged up a sort of electronic armrest dead man switch.

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So the moment you put your hand in the ice and rest your arm on the armrest, the clock starts.

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Jamie's recirculating pump should ensure the ice water stays at 1°C for as long as the testing takes.

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The chill chair is ready for action.

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I like it.

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Upstairs, 25 men and 25 women have no idea what they're in for.

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Next up is the accidental rocket that could ruin your next barbecue.

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So you're looking excited. What's up?

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It's our myth. It's a good one, which kind of reminds me of my childhood.

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Okay, hit me.

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All right. Imagine a garage or a shed is on fire.

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Inside is a barbecue with a propane tape.

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It explodes and turns into a rocket launching 150 feet into the air.

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The heat causes the pressure inside the tank to build.

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Then there's a catastrophic rupture and sends the tank flying up into the sky.

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Wait, wait, wait. This reminds me of your childhood?

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Like they said, this isn't the first time we've adapted a pressure vessel.

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Or deliberately set one on fire.

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Or even tried to turn a gas tank into a missile.

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But if this myth is true, catastrophe could be brewing in your own backyard.

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The story goes that a propane tank once became a rocket.

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At its perfect trajectory, it 150 feet.

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How so?

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When the pressure gets too high, they simply vent off the excess, thereby averting a catastrophic failure.

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than the relief valve can dump out?

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But it needs bomb range.

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Now, for this myth, we need a burning garage with a propane tank inside of it.

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Now, since no one's gonna let us burn down a garage, we need to build our own.

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We don't have time to build a full-size one, so we're gonna make a miniature one.

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But we're still gonna build it up to code.

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It's gonna have studs every 16 inches.

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It's gonna have three walls, a driveway, and a roof.

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Now, that should be plenty of material to burn in order to get this garage hot enough to turn this propane tank into a rocket.

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Here on the show, we like to say that every day's a good day for an explosion,

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but some days are definitely better than others.

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I thought the dangerous part was gonna be the exploding propane tanks.

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It's hardly a firm foundation, but the guys know that today, the joys of shed ownership will be fleeting.

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Woo!

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They're now ready to install the stunt barbecue and the star of the show.

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Hey, don't forget the propane came straight from my garage.

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But there's still some fuel to add to the fire.

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So this kind of looks like a lot of firewood, right?

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So they stack the shed with wood and charcoal, two common commodities that should catch fire and raise the temperature.

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Now, this fire is gonna get so hot that there is a good chance that this tank is gonna explode.

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But we want a rocket, and if the relief valve does its job, this could turn out to be nothing more than a backyard bonfire.

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Then again, one of the great things about Mythbusters is that we're so off and wrong.

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After a liberal splash of gasoline, the team shows its flair for setting a fire.

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Alright, you guys ready?

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Ready.

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Let's torch this thing in three, two, one.

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Each passing second feels like 10 as they high-tail it back to the bunker.

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Oh, that thing is going up.

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Oh, my God.

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Okay.

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By the time they arrive, the shed's an inferno.

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Okay, the flare cam says 302 degrees.

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Look at that.

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It's just all white.

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Then, with the temperature passing 800 degrees, the safety valve finally kicks in, doing exactly what it's supposed to do.

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There it goes.

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The relief valve just broke.

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Look at that.

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It's like a flamethrower.

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So there she blows, and the cylinder didn't move an inch.

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The valve released the gas pressure faster, and the tank could build it up.

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The important thing is that the tank did not rupture.

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There was no explosion, and we saw a jet of fire, but no thrust, which would make a rocket.

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So the shed bites the dust, but there's room for improvement.

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So this myth is not confirmed under normal circumstances.

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It looks like we're going to have to disable the pressure relief valve to get any sort of result.

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Maybe we need to go back to the shop, change the circumstances to get one of these tanks to act more like a rocket.

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All right.

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Coming up, Adam and Jamie finally settle the biggest gender myth of all.

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Can women really take more pain than men?

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It hurts, doesn't it?

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Yes, it does.

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This myth is called no pain, no gain.

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Though I must admit, it's often hard to see an upside.

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Adam and Jamie have settled on their torment of choice, which is sticking your arm in an ice bath to see who lasts the longest.

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And the very first contest is men versus women.

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The volunteers have all been declared fit and healthy.

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None of them know there's a three-minute cap on the ice dunk.

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In fact, they don't even know why they're here.

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And now it's time for women versus men, specifically the myth that women have a higher tolerance for pain than men.

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Why is this interesting?

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Well, in our society, men are viewed as strong and women are viewed as weak.

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And wouldn't it be lovely if the reverse were true?

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It sure would.

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And we're about to find out.

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Yes, so you keep your hand, your fingers apart so that they get as cold as possible.

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Okay.

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And hold your hand still in the bucket.

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You don't have to do this.

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Are you okay with it?

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I'm fine.

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Okay.

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Melissa commits.

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Other than that, the instructions are much like the guys got at Stanford.

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Sing out when it hurts and pull out when it's all too much.

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That's pain.

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Okay.

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You got it?

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I got it.

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As the seconds tick by, Melissa proves more than a match for the arm-numbing pain.

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And you're done.

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You're done.

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We have a three-minute safety cutoff.

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Excellent.

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You did amazing.

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Oh, my gosh.

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Thank you.

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That's a positive start for girls versus guys.

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But the following females fall way short of that magic mark.

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Now be sure to tell us whenever you start to feel pain.

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All right, it's starting to hurt.

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Okay.

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The next four contestants are much more like Adam.

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They all last less than a minute.

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While Adam crunches the numbers, our paramedic Sanjay is on hand to check their vitals.

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You feeling dizzy, lightheaded, anything like that?

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Any chest pain?

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Sort of spread?

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Okay.

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Continue drying your hand and come with me into the sun.

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All right.

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But how can a simple tub of cold water cause so much discomfort?

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So how does ice water cause pain?

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Well, you have special receptors in your skin called nociceptors, and these are specifically

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to sense temperature.

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So when your skin temperature gets low enough, these send a signal to your spinal cord and

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then to your brain, and this is what you interpret as pain.

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Now the goal here is to get you to remove your hand before you receive any actual damage.

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So the tolerance testing begins for the men, and just like the women, they have no idea

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that this is a battle of the sexes.

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Go ahead.

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All right.

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Keep your fingers spread.

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There we go.

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And tell us when you first experience pain.

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For the record, that takes just 15 seconds.

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Okay, I got some pain now.

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Okay.

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Half a minute later, Thomas, who looks as tough as teak, has had enough.

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All right then.

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It hurts, doesn't it?

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Yes, it does.

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Okay.

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In the next 60 minutes, many more men take the one degree plunge into pain.

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Okay.

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Excellent.

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Excellent.

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And some do beat the clock.

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And that's it.

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That's three minutes.

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All right.

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Tell by the ice that's stuck to your forearm.

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Okay.

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While others just seem doomed from the start.

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Okay.

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Excellent.

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Nicely done.

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Watch your step coming off here.

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Steven succumbs to unbearable pain.

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Sanjeev, I'll take it from here.

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Okay, thank you.

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Steven, thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thanks to all those who've rolled up their sleeves for popular science.

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Adam's done the arithmetic, so we won't keep you waiting on men versus women.

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The final figures are the average number of seconds they lasted.

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Ta-da!

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We have crunched the numbers from all our test subjects.

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Would you like to know the result?

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Yes.

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Okay, here it comes.

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The result is myth confirmed.

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Women did, in fact, have a reasonably higher tolerance for pain than men in our study.

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I'll be darned.

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Ha!

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In your face, man!

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Oh.

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Up next, hopes are sky-high for a real backyard rocket.

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Does it look like it's getting rounder?

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Oh!

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Tori, Grant and Kerry are testing the myth that a super-heated propane tank could rupture

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and take off like a rocket, 150 feet in the air.

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So far, all they've done is burn down a shed.

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Now, it's time to disable that pesky safety relief valve from an empty tank.

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So, these propane tanks have a lot of safety features built in, and they don't want you

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to be able to go in and defeat them.

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So, us professional YAHOOs have to grind our own tools, because this is a non-standard goal.

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So, we take this perfectly good wrench and make it into a custom removal tool.

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And that's as much as we're going to show or explain, because trying this yourself is a really bad idea.

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Suffice it to say that before long, Grant's removed the device and plugged the hole to simulate an old tank with a busted valve.

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Gotta say, with this safety valve disabled, I see big boom in our future.

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Back on the range, Tori reveals the other major modification in Plan B.

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Instead of burning a shed, they'll heat their blocked-up tank with a portable propane gas range.

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So, we're setting up a burner, attaching a 20-foot hard line to that,

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then to that we're going to attach a 200-foot line down the bomb range to our feed tank.

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Now, just so we're all crystal clear, this feed tank pumps propane direct to the burner, so the flames stay lit.

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It's in no way hooked up to our canister rocket.

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A pressure release valve, which we've dismantled from this particular tank, is there to prevent a key disaster.

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It's called a blevi. Now, that's an acronym for Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion,

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a vessel that has a pressurized liquid inside. When it ruptures, it can have a catastrophic explosion.

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They should get their blevi, but Grant doubts he'll witness the launch of a missile.

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The problem is we don't know where it's going to rupture. I think it's going to rupture probably on this seam and go, wham!

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I still don't think it's going to be a rocket.

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To find out if he's right, Tori lights up the stovetop.

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Here we go.

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While Grant pumps the gas.

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This could be big.

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It could be really big.

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It's going to be a huge fireball.

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Or a really awesome rocket.

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Look at the bottom, it's blackening.

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And you can see the blurry heat fog right above it.

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Ten minutes in, this modified tank looks like it's ready to burst.

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It's the tank? Does it look like it's getting rounder?

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It does.

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Yeah, it does, right?

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Well, it wasn't necessarily a rocket, because pieces went that way, that way, that way, that way, that way, that way, that way, that way.

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In fact, they went every which way but vertical.

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There's a piece right there!

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That was on the way!

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Glad you're in the bunker, huh?

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Wow, crap.

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The actual blast was so strong, it blew out the flame from the burner.

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Some of the shards flew 300 feet sideways, but stray bits of metal do not make a rocket.

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So this is what's left of our tank, and it's pretty much what I expected to happen.

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They rupture, however, they rupture in random spots.

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We definitely achieved a blevy. Our tank ruptured and lost all of its energy all at once, rather than any sort of nozzle-like activity.

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What we want is a tiny hole punched through the base to release all the force of the pressurized gas.

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And if a tank was part-rusted in just the right spot, there's a good chance we'd get our rocket.

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Oh, I think we could definitely do that. Let's go try it.

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Alright.

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So we're back in the shot. Now before we start weakening these tanks as if they were rusty or old tanks,

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I need to find out exactly what I'm up against.

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So what I'm going to do is cut one of these in half just to find out how thick the wall is.

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Because we want to cut halfway through the thickness of the wall, not all the way through in puncture.

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Ever so carefully, Torey splits the empty tank in two, then pulls out the calipers.

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Knowing that the base of this tank is .083 inches thick, this is where we want to weaken the tank,

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so that this fails before the rest of the tank ruptures and hopefully creates a nozzle through which we get thrust.

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So Grant sets the drill to just half that depth,

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boring a divot to approximate a neglected tank that's part-rusted through.

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Now it's on to make a rocket.

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Alright.

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Out on the bomb range, well, at least it's not raining.

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Oh dear.

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If this was NASA, they'd call off the launch.

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But perseverance pays off as the fog soon lifts,

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and hopes are high for a genuine lift off.

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This should be fun.

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For this myth to be confirmed, we're actually going to have to propel that tank 150 feet in the air.

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That's a five gallon tank. That is going to take so much thrust.

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That's a lot of thrust.

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Once again, they'll heat the tank with a propane burner, and the pressure relief valve is blocked off.

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Is it good yet?

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This will be the ultimate test of a compromise container.

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Now we're ready to see if a five gallon barbecue gas tank can really take flight.

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Okay, ready to start.

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Alright, turn it on.

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Good.

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Let's see if we get a rocket.

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I think it's going to work this time.

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I'm feeling really good about this experiment.

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I feel confident that weakening right on the bottom, it's in the perfect place to form a rocket nozzle.

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Whatever happens, it's going to be spectacular.

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But it's clear that they'll have to be patient.

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After almost four minutes, the tank isn't bulging like the last time.

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Then...

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I don't think that was a rocket.

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That was absolutely not a rocket. It just blew up.

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Once again, the blast extinguished the burner.

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It's a splatter spectacular, but the myth remains vertically challenged.

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We got a rupture that started from the bottom, it peeled apart the tank, threw it in many different directions,

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but nothing looked like a rocket.

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It's another disastrous failure to launch, but the bit that burst first went exactly the plan.

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And did you notice where it ruptured?

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I mean exactly where we weakened the tank.

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Still not a rocket, but you know, before we give up on the scenario, we used a full tank here.

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What if the tank in the garage was almost empty?

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Another explosion? Okay, I'm in.

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Grant's theory that less is more might well be the key to unleashing the power of propane.

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And who can say no to another explosion?

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Straight ahead, Adam's red-headed peeps are put to the ultimate pain test.

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I hate cold.

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Ha ha ha, oh good.

493
00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:45,000
So far, Cary, Grant and Tory have totally failed to confirm the myth that a barbecue propane tank could fly like a rocket.

494
00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:47,000
They've blocked off the relief valve.

495
00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,000
This is wet, that way, that way.

496
00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:52,000
Then drilled out the bottom to simulate a rusty tank.

497
00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:54,000
I don't think that was a rocket.

498
00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:59,000
But Grant thinks the key to success is to stop way short of filling the tank.

499
00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:03,000
Now nearly empty propane tank might be the key to creating a rocket.

500
00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:05,000
Let me illustrate with this water bottle.

501
00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:08,000
Now the water in here represents the liquid propane.

502
00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:10,000
It's incompressible.

503
00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:13,000
There's no room for the gas to expand and build up pressure.

504
00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:17,000
But if we remove most of that liquid,

505
00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:23,000
now we have all of this volume for the gas to expand and build up pressure.

506
00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:26,000
And that might be what turns this into a rocket.

507
00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:31,000
I'm having a hard time believing that this is going to happen after the last few tests.

508
00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:35,000
But since we are changing the circumstances just slightly,

509
00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:39,000
putting less propane in, we might have a different conclusion.

510
00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:43,000
This time, Cary does the cooking and the running.

511
00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:51,000
No one knows just what's going to happen or when.

512
00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:53,000
It's starting to look like it's swelling a little bit.

513
00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:55,000
Well, it's turned almost completely black.

514
00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:57,000
That's when it exploded last time.

515
00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:59,000
Propane rocket.

516
00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:01,000
Here we go.

517
00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:03,000
And sooner than Tori expected...

518
00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:09,000
We got a rocket!

519
00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:11,000
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

520
00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:14,000
That was not 150 feet in the air.

521
00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:16,000
And it didn't go straight up.

522
00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:21,000
Alright, but you have to admit, that is the best thing we've seen so far.

523
00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:27,000
In fact, it's the first tank they've seen that shot up like a missile and stayed intact.

524
00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:29,000
We're all incredibly excited right now.

525
00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:32,000
I mean, we actually created something that looked like a rocket.

526
00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:36,000
A 60 foot launch is not the 150 they wanted,

527
00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:40,000
but it's promising and totally spectacular.

528
00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:42,000
You'd be a brave man to call this one busted.

529
00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:44,000
It's totally plausible.

530
00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:47,000
It didn't make it to 150 feet, but it did look like a rocket.

531
00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:49,000
Yeah, this is like a lot of our myths.

532
00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:52,000
I mean, we have a bizarre set of circumstances that gives us a totally wild outcome.

533
00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:54,000
But we didn't get that 150 feet.

534
00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:57,000
I mean, what can we do to make that go 150 feet?

535
00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:59,000
Oh.

536
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:03,000
Laughter like that can only mean one thing.

537
00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:07,000
They will do whatever it takes to match the myth.

538
00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:26,000
You've pondered this yourself.

539
00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:29,000
Can some of us tolerate more pain than others?

540
00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:31,000
Shoo!

541
00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:33,000
Shoo!

542
00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:37,000
So far, it's hardly been a case of dam zills in distress.

543
00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:41,000
The testing shows women are clearly more stoic than men.

544
00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:42,000
What's next, Adam?

545
00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:44,000
Next is a myth that I take a little personally,

546
00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:50,000
and it is that redheads supposedly have a lower tolerance for pain than regular people.

547
00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:53,000
So once again, you get to experience pain for science, huh?

548
00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:55,000
No, no, no.

549
00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:58,000
I did my duty walking on hot coals, man.

550
00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:01,000
I remember it like it was yesterday.

551
00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:05,000
This was the time when the whole team walked the walk on hot coals,

552
00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:10,000
and the only one to suffer was our resident redhead.

553
00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:14,000
The rules are exactly the same as for men versus women,

554
00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:17,000
and it already seems there's some truth to the rumor.

555
00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:18,000
I hate cold.

556
00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:20,000
Oh, good.

557
00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:25,000
There we go. Perfect.

558
00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:28,000
I've heard that redheads have a lower tolerance of pain,

559
00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:33,000
but I don't actually know a large enough sample group to confirm or deny that,

560
00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:35,000
so we'll see what happens today.

561
00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:36,000
We sure will.

562
00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:37,000
Done.

563
00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:39,000
Excellent.

564
00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:41,000
As two dozen more women...

565
00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:43,000
It's ridiculous the cold.

566
00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:44,000
Isn't it?

567
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:46,000
And men, whenever you're ready.

568
00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:47,000
All right.

569
00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:50,000
Wave the flag for the redheaded regiment.

570
00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:51,000
Perfect.

571
00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:52,000
I think it is a myth.

572
00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:55,000
I think we may feel it faster than other people.

573
00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:57,000
And now it's starting to hurt.

574
00:31:57,000 --> 00:32:00,000
But I think we can stand it just as well, if not better.

575
00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:02,000
And you made it to three minutes.

576
00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:04,000
Out you come.

577
00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:09,000
Brian's the first of a small batch to challenge the myth that the redheads can't take it.

578
00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:10,000
You made it three minutes.

579
00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:11,000
Done.

580
00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:13,000
And pull your hand out.

581
00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:15,000
Excellent work.

582
00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:21,000
They last long enough to make busting this part of the myth a real possibility.

583
00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:24,000
All right, Jamie, it's time for the one I know that you've been waiting for.

584
00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:27,000
Redheads versus non-redheads.

585
00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:29,000
We crunch the numbers.

586
00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:30,000
Do you want to know the result?

587
00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:31,000
Yes.

588
00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:32,000
Okay, here they come.

589
00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:38,000
The myth that redheads have a lower tolerance for pain is busted hugely.

590
00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:39,000
Look at the redheads.

591
00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:43,000
They kicked the butt of everybody else we've tested.

592
00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:44,000
Well, those are your peeps.

593
00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:45,000
Are you proud?

594
00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:47,000
I am proud to be one of them.

595
00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:48,000
Yes.

596
00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:54,000
Still to come, things are looking up for the propane rocket.

597
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:57,000
Three, two, one.

598
00:32:57,000 --> 00:33:01,000
And can serious cousin give sweet relief?

599
00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:12,000
The last launch of the propane gas tank looked close to perfection.

600
00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:17,000
They just couldn't manage the mythical 150 feet.

601
00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:19,000
So here's the plan.

602
00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:24,000
To replicate the results of the myth, Tori builds a 10-foot rocket launcher.

603
00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:30,000
He's also come up with a sure-fire way to punch out the perfect nozzle.

604
00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:32,000
I got a 9-millimeter pistol.

605
00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:36,000
It's in a ransom rest, and it's pointed at the base of our tank.

606
00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:40,000
Now, that ransom rest is connected to a window motor.

607
00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:43,000
All they need to do is run that motor.

608
00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:47,000
It'll pull the ransom rest lever and fire the gun.

609
00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:50,000
That's a whole new way to shoot a rocket.

610
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:56,000
Back at the range for the very last time, Tori's rig is deployed in a matter of minutes.

611
00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:59,000
But the force of the bullet remains a concern.

612
00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:05,000
If we shoot all the way through making two holes, all of that pressure is going to vent out of the second hole.

613
00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:12,000
So, we selected a small enough caliber handgun to shoot in, but it doesn't come out.

614
00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:14,000
Let's hope they've guessed right.

615
00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:19,000
Now, we've taken everything we've learned from our previous tests and applied it to this last one

616
00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:21,000
in order to replicate the results of the myth.

617
00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:27,000
We got one tank to go to 60 feet, but we want our next one to go to 150 feet.

618
00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:31,000
The flares are set to light the flame once Grant turns on the gas.

619
00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:38,000
And the gun, safely mounted below the burners, will eventually be fired remotely by Tori.

620
00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:42,000
It's my favorite part, replicating the results.

621
00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:45,000
All right, the gun's on! The gun's on!

622
00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:47,000
We're on our way!

623
00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:50,000
We have the best jobs ever!

624
00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:52,000
Yeah!

625
00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:59,000
As the flames start licking the steel, they figure they've got around about an eight-minute wait.

626
00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:03,000
Whenever we have to wait for something to explode, it seems like time goes really, really slow.

627
00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:09,000
I know, right? And hopefully that bullet's only going to go through the bottom and give us a nozzle.

628
00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:15,000
So the watch continues for those telltale signs of imminent tank failure.

629
00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:18,000
You know what? I think it's round, dude.

630
00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:23,000
If they wait any longer, the tank might explode, so it's now or never.

631
00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:27,000
Firing the gun should breach the bottom and give them their rocket.

632
00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:31,000
In three, two, one...

633
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:38,000
Oh, it's still spinning!

634
00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:48,000
Brilliant launch, and the suspense leading up to it was just a nail biter.

635
00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:56,000
With a perfect nine-millimeter nozzle and a launch tower, this really was a proper propane rocket.

636
00:35:56,000 --> 00:36:01,000
And if the tank had fins to keep its trajectory straight and true, well, who knows?

637
00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:04,000
When you take it back to the original myth, yes, we did not get the 150 feet,

638
00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:08,000
but we got something that really looked like a rocket. I think it's still plausible.

639
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:10,000
I agree. Plausible. Plausible.

640
00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:14,000
Under the perfect storm of conditions, I think you could get a rocket.

641
00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:32,000
Adam and Jamie have already taken one for the team, then tortured some strangers

642
00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:35,000
to find out if some folk cope better with pain.

643
00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:39,000
So what's next?

644
00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:41,000
Well, allow me to demonstrate.

645
00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:44,000
Ow!

646
00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:46,000
Question. Did swearing make that hurt less?

647
00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:48,000
I don't know!

648
00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:52,000
Well, that's our next myth. Does swearing increase your tolerance to pain?

649
00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:53,000
Ah!

650
00:36:55,000 --> 00:37:00,000
It's a fair enough question, but testing it out poses obvious problems.

651
00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:03,000
We've cursed on the show before, plenty.

652
00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:07,000
But what you may not know is that not only do they bleep the sound of our curses,

653
00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:11,000
but often if our mouth is visible during a curse, they blur it so you can't read our lips

654
00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:13,000
and see what nasty things are coming out of us.

655
00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:16,000
And every time they have to blur it, it costs a lot of money.

656
00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:19,000
So I figure I'm going to do the editors a favor for this myth

657
00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:23,000
and actually make a piece of headgear which blurs my mouth for them.

658
00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:25,000
Then all they have to do is a bleep, and bleeps are cheap.

659
00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:28,000
All right, here goes the first test.

660
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:33,000
Initiating the curse-proof tool.

661
00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:35,000
How about this?

662
00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:43,000
No blurring for the editors!

663
00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:49,000
Given that this setup is all the same, how is this test any different than the others?

664
00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:54,000
For this test, our sample size will be 5,

665
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:57,000
except instead of averaging our data across all 5 test subjects,

666
00:37:57,000 --> 00:38:01,000
in this test, each subject will be compared to themselves.

667
00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:06,000
In order to isolate the act of swearing from the act of speaking,

668
00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:12,000
our test subjects are going to be repeating a number of non-swear words over and over again while they're undergoing the test.

669
00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:17,000
Carri-Torian Grant are sworn in to make up the 5.

670
00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:20,000
Now this is a test in two parts.

671
00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:26,000
First, the control, where they pre-select ordinary words to scream out when it hurts.

672
00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:29,000
Okay, there are your words.

673
00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:32,000
5 non-swear words.

674
00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:34,000
First, Grant.

675
00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:37,000
And then, Carri.

676
00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:42,000
Hang on as long as they can.

677
00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:43,000
Donut.

678
00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:44,000
Fudge.

679
00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:45,000
Blueberry.

680
00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:46,000
Sugar.

681
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:47,000
Schnitzel.

682
00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:48,000
Oh goodness.

683
00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:49,000
Piston.

684
00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:53,000
But both fall way short of the 3-minute limit.

685
00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:54,000
I think that's it.

686
00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:56,000
That's got...

687
00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:59,000
Okay, I'm getting tunnel vision.

688
00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:01,000
I really can't last that long.

689
00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:04,000
What?

690
00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:06,000
Adam's the next one to chance his arm.

691
00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:10,000
Puppies, kittens, babies, ducklings.

692
00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:12,000
Oh, baby hippo.

693
00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:15,000
But again, he can't last more than a minute.

694
00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:21,000
Puppies, puppies, kittens, kittens, baby hippos, babies, ducklings.

695
00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:27,000
The next man to try to maintain some control is Tori.

696
00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:29,000
In 3, 2, 1.

697
00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:33,000
Gosh, damn it, it's cold.

698
00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:38,000
Tori's jumped the gun with his potty mouth.

699
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:42,000
On a scale of 1 to 10, I think I peaked out about 15.

700
00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:45,000
And then he finds out he's in double trouble.

701
00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:48,000
Oh my God, it's completely numb.

702
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:53,000
Tori, thanks for participating, but unfortunately we have to disqualify you.

703
00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:54,000
Why?

704
00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:59,000
Number one, you actually swore during the test, which is what the test is about.

705
00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:02,000
You weren't supposed to swear, so you're out because of that.

706
00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:05,000
And you also lasted past the three minutes.

707
00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:07,000
It could have been because of the swearing.

708
00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:08,000
We don't know.

709
00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:11,000
So I'm done getting tortured is basically what you're telling me.

710
00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:12,000
Yeah.

711
00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:14,000
But can Jamie do better?

712
00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:16,000
We're about to find out.

713
00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:17,000
Fudge!

714
00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:18,000
Fish!

715
00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:20,000
Lighten!

716
00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:21,000
Passenpeffer!

717
00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:25,000
Sure enough, he muddies the icy waters by going the distance.

718
00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:29,000
If you outlast the first test, that automatically disqualifies you for the second one.

719
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:32,000
Because there's no improvement to be made.

720
00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:35,000
I did, and so I'm out.

721
00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:39,000
So we need two replacements for Jamie and Tori.

722
00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:45,000
Staffers Will and Yvette both take the test and qualify to fill out the chorus.

723
00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:52,000
Now for the PG part of the program, as Adam Fitzgrant with these swearing-in-the-wetter-toy

724
00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:53,000
That's fantastic.

725
00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:54,000
Yeah, okay.

726
00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:55,000
Go do the test.

727
00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:56,000
All right.

728
00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:57,000
See you later.

729
00:40:57,000 --> 00:41:00,000
This Will's sully grants image.

730
00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:03,000
But remember, it's all in the name of science.

731
00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:08,000
They're starting to lose meaning after a while.

732
00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:09,000
Oh, f**k!

733
00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:10,000
Ow!

734
00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:11,000
Okay, ow!

735
00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:12,000
Crap.

736
00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:15,000
Will and Yvette continue the Blue Streak.

737
00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:22,000
Then, sweet Carrie steps up, primed with words that would shock a long shorman.

738
00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:23,000
Ow!

739
00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:24,000
F**k!

740
00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:32,000
It actually seems to be working as Carrie goes on to beat the clock.

741
00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:38,000
And the last one to hope that his mother's not working is the one who's going to be

742
00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:42,000
working as Carrie goes on to beat the clock.

743
00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:46,000
And the last one to hope that his mother's not watching is Adam.

744
00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:47,000
All right.

745
00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:48,000
Five dirty words.

746
00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:49,000
Here they come.

747
00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:53,000
Now let's see if some cussin' makes Adam last longer.

748
00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:54,000
Here we go.

749
00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:56,000
Three, two, f**k!

750
00:41:56,000 --> 00:41:57,000
One.

751
00:41:57,000 --> 00:41:58,000
All right.

752
00:41:58,000 --> 00:41:59,000
F**k!

753
00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:00,000
F**k!

754
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:01,000
Oh my God!

755
00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:02,000
F**k!

756
00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:09,000
Hard to say if the swearing is helping as Adam pulls out at just under a minute.

757
00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:12,000
There we go!

758
00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:17,000
I got to stop!

759
00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:27,000
Once he's tallied the timings, Jamie rolls out the stats on the swearing.

760
00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:29,000
Everybody was on the plus side.

761
00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:33,000
And the average increase is 30%.

762
00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:34,000
Wow!

763
00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:36,000
It is incredible.

764
00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:37,000
Shouting obscenities.

765
00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:38,000
F**k!

766
00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:45,000
Compared to non-cuss words, this actually increased on average their tolerance to pain by a whopping

767
00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:46,000
30%.

768
00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:51,000
But remember kids, like we always say, don't try this at home.

769
00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:52,000
Oh, f**k!

770
00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:53,000
Sweet relief.

771
00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:54,000
Ah!

772
00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:55,000
So where do we stand?

773
00:42:55,000 --> 00:42:56,000
Well, let's go down the list.

774
00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:59,000
Number one, the myth that women have a higher pain tolerance than men.

775
00:42:59,000 --> 00:43:01,000
Turns out to be true.

776
00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:02,000
Yup.

777
00:43:02,000 --> 00:43:07,000
Number two, the myth that redheads have a lower pain tolerance than regular people.

778
00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:09,000
Surprisingly, that's busted.

779
00:43:09,000 --> 00:43:13,000
And finally, the myth that cursing increases one's tolerance for pain.

780
00:43:13,000 --> 00:43:15,000
That would be confirmed.

781
00:43:15,000 --> 00:43:19,000
You know, while experiencing some of that pain may have sucked, I'm actually quite pleased

782
00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:21,000
with how definitive our results are.

783
00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:22,000
Well, you know what they say.

784
00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:23,000
What?

785
00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:24,000
No pain, no gain.

786
00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:25,000
Ha ha ha!