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

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If you've got a myth for us to test, we'd love to hear about it.

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Here off the icy waters of San Francisco Bay, we have a very rare opportunity to be able to view a very elusive television host in his natural habitat, the Heinemann.

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Latin name Hoosieres Televisualis, and he seems to be communicating with his viewers, asking them for ideas.

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And who knew? Not only did you respond to the call, you opened the floodgates and sent us a gazillion myths.

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So we selected a few of the best to test.

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What's up first?

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Bamboo torture.

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You had enough yet? Cause I can keep singing all day long.

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I can take whatever you can throw at me.

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Alright then, well, how about that wise guy?

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A tiny bamboo plant? What are you going to do to me with that?

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I'm going to plant it and then grow it right through you.

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Really? Does that work?

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I don't know, but that's the myth and I've always wanted to try it.

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It's a far-fetched fable straight from the fan site.

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During World War II, captured POWs were supposedly stretched above and then penetrated by fast-growing bamboo shoots.

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So what's your plan for this one?

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It's pretty straightforward, I think.

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We get some kind of a human analog, we get some fast-growing bamboo,

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and we plant the bamboo under the analog and see if it grows through it.

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Right, now normally I'd say we should use pig,

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but given the fact that this is going to take a few days, it's going to get way too smelly.

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Well, I tell you what, why don't we measure how much force it takes to penetrate pig flesh

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and then we create a synthetic simulant that won't rot.

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And then put the bamboo underneath that?

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Exactly.

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And so crouching savage, hidden Heinemann, begin their long and arduous search

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for the legendary torture technique in the mystical bamboo groves of Santa Cruz.

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Luckily enough, we live in California where bamboo grows beautifully.

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And the purveyor of these potentially penetrating plants...

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That's the thing right there, that'll get you talking.

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...is Larry Gellman.

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Is a bamboo shoot physically capable of pushing its way through human flesh?

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Bamboo shoots in the ground have to push through the dirt around rocks, through rotten logs.

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I've seen bamboo shoots push up walkway pavers, so yes, they do push very hard when they're in the ground.

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Well, let's say somebody owed you money. What kind of bamboo would you use?

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I think you should use spectavolis.

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It's shooting right now, it's about an inch in diameter and very sharp.

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With their potentially penetrating plants purchased, there's only one thing left to do.

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Well, we've got our bamboo, it's time to go back to the shop and torture some dummies.

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And now, Carrie Grant and Tori take the mystery out of chemistry.

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Okay, so what's our next myth for the viewer special?

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We're doing a myth about metal, and not just any metal, but my second favorite metal.

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Alkaline metal.

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Oh, you know what, Adam and I did some tests for that when we were doing the MacGyver episode, but why are we doing it again?

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Because fans want to see more, they can't get enough.

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Three, two, one.

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When the team took on MacGyver, they busted the myth that a few grams of sodium and water can blast a hole in a wall.

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That was an explosion, but this is not a high explosion.

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But you, yes you, want more.

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So what exactly did the fans want to see?

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They want to see more reactive metals.

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Oh, you mean like, rubidium and cesium?

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Exactly, there's this internet video floating around where these guys throw cesium, rubidium into a bathtub and they liken the explosion to a hand grenade.

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Fans want to know if that's actually true.

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Well, that could only mean a trip to the team's dream location, the Alameda County Sheriff's Bomb Disposal Range.

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What are we blowing up today?

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Toilets, bathtub.

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Everything's gonna pitch and sink.

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And the reason the bathroom furniture is on death row is the fan furor over a video clip that looks a little bit like this.

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Anybody got anything to read?

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After demonstrating that the reaction between water and the alkaline metals becomes more violent as you move down the periodic table, they get to rubidium.

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And with what looks to be about two grams, they claim to get a hand grenade-sized explosion.

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So to find out if this is film, fakery or fact, we're going to need a control.

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Now on the internet video, they said that the reaction was equal to a hand grenade explosion.

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This is how to clean out the pipes.

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So we need to see what that looks like in order to have something to compare with.

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How great is this?

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We get to start off with the bang.

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We're gonna blow the crap out of that toilet.

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Get it?

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Sure, but Grant and not Tori will explain how the team are going to safely explode the commode.

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This is a grenade, but it's not a live grenade.

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In a live grenade, you'd have TNT in here, you pull the pin, the clip pops off, and this is what would set off the explosion.

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But what we're gonna do today is fill this with enough C4 to have the equivalent blasting power of the TNT.

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Then we're gonna set it off with a blasting cap.

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That way we can control exactly when it goes off, and it will be much, much safer.

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Alright, fire in the bowl.

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The toilet's gone.

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Yep, now you see it.

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Now you don't.

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We've blown it up real good.

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All that's left is the water take.

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The bowl just shattered.

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We destroyed this toilet, and now I know what a real grenade looks like when it goes off.

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So now we've got a great reference for what it should look like when we put our Alkaline medals in a toilet.

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Coming up on the viewer special threequel, Jamie and Adam become one with the Torture Tail.

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Jamie is imagining himself to be a plant.

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In the Philippines they call this the dance of the bamboo pole.

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But fans want to know if this flexible, fast growing grass could have been used as an instrument of torture.

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So the whole point of this test is to come up with a human analogue.

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Yep, to make a fake torso with accurate flesh like resistance to a growing bamboo shoot.

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This has got to be the most gruesome thing I've ever made.

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The guys need to know exactly what that resistance is.

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In pushing through the meat very slowly, Jamie is imagining himself to be a plant.

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Photosynthesizing, yearning for the sun, grabbing nutrients from the earth.

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All these things are passing through his mind.

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Well, 10 pounds seems to be the magic number with this spike in penetrating flesh.

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So all we got to do is find and mix materials around here that makes a flesh that doesn't rot and stink.

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Oh, there's some good stuff up here, Jamie.

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Because rotting and stinking upsets Jamie.

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It's kind of collapsing in on it, so...

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The skin's a little too tough.

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Our ballistic material.

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I think it's perfect.

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Let me see what the needle says.

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10 pounds.

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That is close enough for my money.

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I love that.

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And it's reusable.

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So clear ballistic material is the raw material of choice.

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He's on, let's get it.

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Dude, this is what a back rub looks like from the inside of your body.

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Hello?

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The guys whip up a rooftop greenhouse and then assemble it unsurprisingly.

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Rise, my son.

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Dude, touchdown.

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This may look nice and sunny, and it is, but it's also a torture chamber or it will be soon.

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So that's the greenhouse and bamboo in position, which leads just one component.

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Oh, you're mine now.

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Will it grow through a person?

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They're beautiful.

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This ballistic material is non-water-based.

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It won't rot.

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It's the perfect material in terms of the amount of pressure it takes to push through.

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So if the bamboo grows through this chest, we can definitively state that it would grow through you as well.

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That ought to do it.

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All right, well, let's get out of here and come back in a couple days to see how it did.

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The way I see it, if the bamboo shoot works its way two or three inches into the back of the dummy,

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then it's an effective means of torturing.

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All we've got to do is wait.

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And while we wait, let's take time out to find out where this torturous tale came from.

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Since this is normally the portion of the show where we give some scientific background to the myth that we're tackling,

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what have we got in bamboo as a torture device?

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Nothing? No official reports, no first-hand accounts?

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Nunkka.

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Then there are surprising results from the torture test.

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Carrie Grant and Tori are taking on an alkali metal myth.

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A video on the internet claims that if you add two grams of rubidium or cesium to water,

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it'll blow up your bathroom furniture.

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With a hand grenade-sized explosion.

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This is how to clean out the pipes.

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To find out if it's actually true, we're doing a direct comparison.

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This is the hand grenade.

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Bring on the alkali metals.

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But first, here's the sciencey bit.

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This is cesium, and this is rubidium.

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Now what makes them special is they have one electron.

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Now normally what they want to do is react with other things and give up that electron.

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and the other byproduct is hydrogen gas, and the heat tends to ignite the hydrogen gas.

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It's a perfect storm of something that causes an explosion.

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the team has a couple of safety precautions lined up.

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Pretty simple, it's a little guillotine.

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Weight drops down onto small glass vials which are holding the metals,

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releasing it into the toilet, and we'll see what happens.

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Now normally Grant's a better shot when he's using the toilet.

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But what he's doing right now is he's wetting down the ground,

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Rubidium fun fact, this stuff, rubidium compounds are put in fireworks to make the color purple.

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In the video they said they used two grams, and they got an explosion the size of a hand grenade.

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Now we're going to use 25 grams, it's more than 10 times the amount.

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So if it's true what they're saying, we're going to have a huge explosion.

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We'll be the mayor of Rubidium Town, ready?

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That was quick!

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Look at that cloud.

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Well it all went according to plan.

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The string was cut and the guillotine fell.

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The rubidium was released into the water and queued the chemistry.

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The sudden release of hydrogen gas and heat combines to give us a satisfying toilet bowl geyser.

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But, and here's the key, it was nothing like the internet video hand grenade sized explosion.

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We may not have had hand grenades, but at least we still have good chemistry.

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But we haven't given up yet.

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Next up in an attempt to blow up the bowl is cesium.

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So this is it, this is cesium.

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This is the most reactive alkali metal that we can get our hands on that's not radioactive.

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We're going to put this in the toilet bowl and see if it behaves when exposed to water like a grenade.

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Cool, there was a little bit more reaction, more popping, but it was just a big cloud of gas again.

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More energy, more flame, but definitely no explosion.

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Now, I feel like I've been lied to because what I saw on that internet video was an explosion.

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What I saw here was a cloud of smoke.

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Now, a cloud of smoke is not going to destroy a toilet like a hand grenade will.

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So, Kerry, what does that mean?

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Which means they faked it and this is busted.

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The Mythbusters are no strangers to tall tales of torture.

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After all, they've already confirmed that Chinese water torture can send you around the bend.

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I actually don't want to do this test right now.

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But now, at your behest, they're testing the power of botany to bring you to the brink.

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And with the ballistics material dummy suspended above the soon-to-shoot bamboo, the clock is ticking.

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it's not really an effective means of torture.

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If it does it in a couple of hours or a couple of days, though,

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that starts to put it in the realm of possibility.

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And Jamie's prediction is spot-on.

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Because after just three days, our tortured torso is surely ready to talk.

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Poor dude. The experiment could not be going better.

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We have already gotten exactly what we came looking for,

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which is at the point at which bamboo meets flesh.

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Does it make a left-hand turn or does it just keep on going?

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And it's pretty clear that it just keeps on going.

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Well, you know, I said earlier that if there was any penetration at all, then that's torture.

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So, I say this myth is...

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Let's not call it just yet. I want to see how far we can take it.

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Let's let it keep on growing.

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Okay.

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But over two weeks later, the news isn't good.

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Despite several other shoots making their way into the dummy,

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Adam's wish to see complete penetration comes to naught.

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Look at that. They haven't grown an inch in two weeks. Those things are dead.

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Yeah, and look at that. The ballistic gel is melted.

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Unless it got so hot in here, that's what killed them.

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We did prove that you could torture somebody with bamboo if you were determined.

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Yeah, but we didn't see the bamboo grow all the way through the guy.

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I mean, that was supposed to be the grand finale.

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You know, we've got one more dummy. Let's check it up there and see what happens.

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Okay.

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So, a second Ballistics Material torso, this time with attractive wig and facial features,

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is taken to the roof, where the team has set up a second growing area,

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one that's open to the elements.

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Well, our dude is set up, and this is our last chance to see bamboo grow through a person.

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It's our last mannequin. It's our last viable bamboo shoot,

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and it's pretty much the end of the growing season.

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So, if it's going to happen, it's got to happen here.

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And what do you know? Adam's desperation is well rewarded.

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Fast forward a couple of weeks, and this time the results are nothing short of astounding.

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That's what I'd call a through and through.

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We wanted to know if the bamboo would grow all the way through you.

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It turns out not only will it, but it actually thrives.

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This is 12 feet of bamboo, and it's going right through this guy's chest.

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It doesn't get any more definitive than that.

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I feel like someone's almost playing an April Fool's joke. That's so perfect.

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Obviously, bamboo can grow right through you, like it did over here.

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But for this to be a reasonable method of torture, if you can consider torture reasonable in any sense,

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it needs to do it fairly quickly.

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And our time lapse shows that this penetrated that body in a matter of a couple of days or so.

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It's possible, as gruesome as it is.

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That is awesome.

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Plausible and awesome.

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Plausible.

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Brandy, you take a couple of snorts of that, Brandy.

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It warms you up just enough to keep you alive until the rescue team arrives.

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Or this is like an aperitif before I eat the dog.

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You can't say that.

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I've actually heard that alcohol has the opposite effect, and it cools you down, not warms you up.

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That's strange, because I swear it has a warming effect when I drink it.

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Should be pretty straightforward to try.

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I think so. I think all we need to do is find ourselves a nice big freezer, a way of monitoring our body temperature,

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drink a few shots of the hard stuff and see what kind of change occurs.

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Works for me.

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My ears are starting to sting.

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But before the guys get to test this frosty fable in the freezer,

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I'm going into the delirium of thinking about what I'll do once I'm warm.

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Adam's ensuring accurate info by ingesting a thermometer.

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Since this whole test is about whether or not there's any change in our body temperature from the drinking of the alcohol,

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we need to know exactly what our body temperature is.

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And this isn't a thermometer under the tongue or one in the ear, one on the skin.

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We need our core body temperature measured.

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We've done this on the show before, back when I got painted with gold paint,

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and I had a rectal thermometer.

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Oh, Sanjay.

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Sanjay, we respect me tomorrow.

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Neither of us want to do that this time, so we're bringing in a brand new piece of technology called a core body temperature capsule.

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Here we go.

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It's basically a passive radio.

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It goes into our stomach, keeps track of our core body temperature, and we check in on it.

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With this, we hold this up to our bodies and boop, it tells us what our core body temperature is.

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And a couple days later, we pass it. They're disposable.

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I ate a radio for science.

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But that super accurate body temperature thermometer is not all they'll be using.

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The guys are going for data overload.

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We're going to be doing some standardized tests at regular intervals throughout the day.

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The first one is the core body temperature.

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Go ahead and swallow that puppy.

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The second one is we're going to check in on how we actually feel.

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On a coldness scale, one being the coldest and ten being not cold at all.

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Where do you stand?

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Eight.

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Eight? You're just a little bit cold.

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The third one is we're going to be using a thermal imaging camera to check our heat signatures on the exterior of our bodies.

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Wow, you look funny.

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I can see you breathing.

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Basic temperature of your left hand, 94.1.

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And so, armed with their battery of data gathering equipment and a warm weather baseline.

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Tip of the nose, 96 degrees.

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The boys are ready for the big freeze.

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Alright, that's the baseline. Let's get cold.

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Cary Grant and Tori have already busted the myth that a few grams of cesium or rubidium can cause a hand grenade-sized explosion.

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The internet is lying again.

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So now it's time for the patented mythbusters ramping up.

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We're flushing the toilet.

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And to blow up the bathtub, we're stretching the budget and moving into the realm of ridiculous by using a massive two and a half kilograms of sodium.

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You ready to do this, Grant?

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I'm ready to do it.

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And to accommodate the two and a half kilograms of sodium, Cary has adapted her guillotine.

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She's added a sledgehammer, which means there's only one thing left to do.

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Find out for the fans if super-sizing the sodium will blast the bathtub.

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Alright, this is sodium.

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In three, two, one.

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Wait, wait, wait!

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Oh my gosh! The gas!

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The gas!

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While the team holds its breath, let's check out the replay.

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That was crazy.

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We dropped the sodium into the water and we got a huge explosion.

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It actually cracked the bathtub.

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The best part about it is two of the blocks didn't even react with the water.

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They were thrown out.

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That was incredible.

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Yep, spectacular.

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But it only caused a crack.

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The tub didn't disintegrate.

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So, how about taking it up a notch?

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Like Christmas.

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That was amazing.

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But up next is potassium, which is even more reactive.

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And, yep, same amount.

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Uh-huh, two and a half kilograms of potassium.

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Take it away.

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School lab chemistry like you've never seen it before.

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Okay, we're good. Let's go.

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But will it provide the big boom we and you have been waiting for?

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Two, one.

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Wow!

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That was like fireworks.

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Wow!

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Wow, that was the 4th of July in there.

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But you know what? It didn't explode.

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Like, it was like a bunch of little pops.

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It wasn't one big boom.

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Yes, once again, it's an exciting chemical reaction.

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But it's still not high explosives.

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So, in conclusion, you can use ridiculous amounts of sodium and potassium.

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You can use the more reactive elements in the alkali metal family.

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But you won't get a hand-grenade-sized explosion

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and blow up a bathtub unless you use C4, like this.

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High in the hole!

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Alright JD, in three, two, one.

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Did you see how high it shot that water?

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Yes, the shockwave emanating from a C4 detonation

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is approximately 8,000 meters per second,

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which is in a different league to alkali metals and water.

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Proving that that internet video is nothing but

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science fiction.

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Coming up...

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Our explosive virtuosos find out especially for you...

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If a burning piano will explode.

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Let it all fire! Let it all fire!

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Adam and Jamie are about to chill out to find out if a shot of Brandy...

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Good boy...

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Will actually stave off hypothermia.

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Or is it simply a furry fable?

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Since we always want to be authentic on MythBusters,

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Bob here, a St. Bernard, is going to be delivering the Brandy to us.

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Isn't that right, Bob?

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We are at the very perfect place to test this myth

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at a company called Deans Services,

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and they've got 125,000 square feet of freezer-cold rooms

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at zero degrees Fahrenheit,

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which is the temperature we're going to be working at.

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Oh, what's your core body temperature?

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Let's get a baseline before we get into the cold.

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98.29.

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98.29.

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98.24. Are you ready?

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Ready as I'll ever be.

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Remember, Adam and Jamie, with their core body temperature capsules

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already in their stomachs...

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It's cold! I know!

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...are literally walking thermometers.

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But they'll also be monitoring their mood,

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as well as the surface temperature of their extremities.

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It's weird having a job where our only task today

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is to get cold and then drunk.

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Yep, stage one of the test is to simulate a situation

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in which the guys will need rescuing

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by a Brandy-carrying Saint Bernard.

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I'm starting to get uncomfortable.

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And that means getting very cold very fast.

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Right now, I don't feel so bad,

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but it's changing rapidly.

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Stage two, once they've completely chilled out,

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calm down.

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Get the brandy out of my mouth!

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The drinking commences.

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But just ten minutes into the test,

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and the guys get the first piece of relevant information.

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And it's not what you'd expect.

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My temperature's been steadily going up.

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It's now at 98.56.

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What does yours say?

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Yeah, I'm going up, too. I'm at 98.9.

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I haven't read up on this,

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but the fact that my internal body temperature is rising

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while I'm feeling like I'm getting colder

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says to me something like my vascular system

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has clamped down on my extremities

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and keeping the heat inside.

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Check out the big brain on Jamie!

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Because he's nailed one of the key responses

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of all endothermic animals to the cold.

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The superficial blood vessels

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constrict preventing heat loss through the skin

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and directing blood to critical internal organs.

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With such amazing evolutionary adaptations,

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it could take a while before the guys need rescuing.

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So to hurry things along,

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they decide on some drastic action.

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I don't think we're getting cold enough fast enough.

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I think we should take off our hats and unzip our coats.

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Really, I have to take my hat off?

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Yes, you do.

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And with significant heat loss taking place through the head...

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This sucks, man.

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It's just what you don't want to do when caught out in the cold.

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And I feel like I just dunked my head in a bucket of ice water.

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I was happy before that.

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As they approach the hour mark, my hands are starting to hurt.

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The guys finally reach the point where they need rescuing.

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They've reached the limits of their endurance,

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at least for a voluntary, safely monitored situation like this.

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So it's time for the crucial round of pre-brandy data collection.

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98.49.

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Their ingested thermometers are showing stable internal temperatures.

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Subjective temperature is about 30 degrees.

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Subjective testing.

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Coldness scale, 1 to 10.

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I'm saying I'm at least about a 2.

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Yeah, I agree with that assessment.

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And the thermal camera, as well as providing Adam with entertainment...

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Wow, man.

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I gotta tell you, with your hat off, you look like a Bond villain in this shot.

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...seems to confirm Jamie's earlier theory.

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Despite their stable core body temperature,

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their extremities have plummeted by over 20 degrees.

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My fingers hurt.

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Okay, your face is 65 degrees.

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With the numbers noted, there's just one thing left to do.

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My ears are starting to sting.

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Help me, Bob, I'm freezing.

481
00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:47,000
Bring on the Randy.

482
00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:52,000
At this point, I'm in the rare position of hoping that the myth is true.

483
00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:03,000
We've got a really weird myth for the viewer special.

484
00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:06,000
Have you ever heard that a piano can explode in a fire?

485
00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:11,000
No, I have not, but it does make sense because the strings are under a lot of tension.

486
00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:13,000
Who cares if it makes sense? We might get to see a piano explode.

487
00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:18,000
Hang on, I think before we do that, we need to find out how much tension the strings are under.

488
00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:20,000
Actually, I know the perfect people for that.

489
00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:23,000
And that perfect piano place...

490
00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:25,000
Ready to get your tune on...

491
00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:29,000
is owned by John Callahan, the piano man.

492
00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:38,000
So, the myth that we're working on is that if you put a piano in a fire, it will explode.

493
00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:41,000
Wow, I've actually heard people talk about that before.

494
00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:44,000
Having never burned a piano myself, I don't know if that's true,

495
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:46,000
but I'm not sure exactly what's going to happen.

496
00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:52,000
To me, it sounds relatively plausible because, you know, I understand there's a lot of tension on the strings.

497
00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:54,000
Well, there sure is a lot of tension on the strings.

498
00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:59,000
In a piano, the steel wire is stretched across the cast iron plate,

499
00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:03,000
and there's about 200 pounds of tension on each wire average.

500
00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:07,000
We have about 230 wires in the piano,

501
00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:11,000
so there's a total of over 20 tons of force trying to collapse the piano.

502
00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:14,000
Now that sounds promising.

503
00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:20,000
The strings stretched across the cast iron plate hold 40,000 pounds of pressure,

504
00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:25,000
and if the flames cause them to fail, hey presto, exploding piano.

505
00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:29,000
It's always a good day when you started at the bomb range.

506
00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:33,000
Callahan's have kindly given the team a baby grand to ignite.

507
00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:35,000
Now all they have to do...

508
00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:38,000
is get it off the truck.

509
00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:39,000
When the piano sucks.

510
00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:41,000
And into position.

511
00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:43,000
I'm just going to do a little tension music.

512
00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:48,000
Is the piano going to fall at the fork lift?

513
00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:52,000
While Carrie does some, you know, actual work,

514
00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:56,000
Tori and Grant serenade her the only way they know how.

515
00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:57,000
Badly.

516
00:32:57,000 --> 00:33:01,000
Here's the organ grinder.

517
00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:05,000
Grinding organ's all the night.

518
00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:09,000
With the piano standing at its own legs, there's just one thing left to do.

519
00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:11,000
Tune it.

520
00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:13,000
Alright John, I know the tuning of piano at a bomb range

521
00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:16,000
is probably a pretty strange working condition for you,

522
00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:19,000
but we need to give this myth the best possible chance of working.

523
00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:23,000
So we need to get each one of these strings at the proper tension.

524
00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:24,000
I'll do my best.

525
00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:30,000
As John brings the piano to a perfect pitch, the guys pitch in to build the bonfire.

526
00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:34,000
So to all the piano aficionados out there, just want to let you know,

527
00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:36,000
we love pianos.

528
00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:38,000
We're not enjoying this in the least.

529
00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:42,000
I guess all there is left to do then is throw some kerosene on the wood.

530
00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:43,000
Alright, let's light it.

531
00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:45,000
Light it on fire.

532
00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:47,000
Find out if we have a bomb fire.

533
00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:50,000
Well, if there's truth to this myth, this thing could explode,

534
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:52,000
so we better get out of here, because this could be very dangerous.

535
00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:54,000
And I'm totally okay with that.

536
00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:57,000
So it's this baby Grant's finale.

537
00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:00,000
But will the meltdown be a let down?

538
00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:02,000
Run, it's gonna explode!

539
00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:05,000
Or will it be a musical mushroom cloud?

540
00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:06,000
Wow!

541
00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:08,000
That was a nice fire.

542
00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:11,000
Next on Mythbusters,

543
00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:14,000
it's Adam and Jamie's Frozen finale.

544
00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:18,000
I'm going into the delirium of thinking about what I'll do once I'm warm.

545
00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:19,000
And...

546
00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:23,000
Well, the Mythbusters must the myth of the exploding piano.

547
00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:26,000
Find out after these messages.

548
00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:34,000
Adam and Jamie are chilling out, literally.

549
00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:36,000
My ears are starting to stink.

550
00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:37,000
Yeah.

551
00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:42,000
And at the limit of their cold weather endurance, they need rescuing.

552
00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:44,000
Get the brandy off!

553
00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:47,000
But is the mythical shot of Brandy the right way to go?

554
00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:48,000
There we go.

555
00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:49,000
Seriously.

556
00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:56,000
That's good brandy.

557
00:34:56,000 --> 00:35:00,000
The immediate signs, at least on a subjective level, seem to back up the myth.

558
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:02,000
Yeah, the brandy sort of helped a little bit.

559
00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:09,000
There's definitely a feeling, a distinct feeling, of a warm glow happening down here.

560
00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:12,000
But really, it's still painfully cold.

561
00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:17,000
But honestly, if you gave me the choice, I'd pour it on my hands and set it on fire at this point.

562
00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:24,000
A few minutes after downing these supposedly life-saving shots, the guys rustle up another set of data.

563
00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:27,000
And although their body temperature remains stable...

564
00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:29,000
99.15.

565
00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:30,000
Mine's 98.6.

566
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:34,000
The numbers for skin temperature are very interesting.

567
00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:37,000
Face is 74 degrees.

568
00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:41,000
Which is an increase of 9 degrees from their pre-brandy temperatures.

569
00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:44,000
Alright, Jamie, your face.

570
00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:46,000
78 degrees.

571
00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:49,000
But again, the science backs up the numbers.

572
00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:56,000
Alcohol does in fact dilate your blood vessels, leading to flushed cheeks and more blood flow to your skin.

573
00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:57,000
There we go.

574
00:35:57,000 --> 00:36:01,000
And to find out if this effect is really helping fight off the cold...

575
00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:02,000
Cheers!

576
00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:05,000
Another shot is called for and Dooley drunk.

577
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:10,000
I got a hair.

578
00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:15,000
And once again, the immediate signs are that the alcohol has a positive, subjective effect.

579
00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:22,000
I'm picturing big steaming pans of warm food and dunking my hands into them.

580
00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:28,000
I'm going into the delirium of thinking about what I'll do once I'm warm.

581
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:35,000
But assuming this is a life or death situation, maybe improving your mood isn't a priority.

582
00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:39,000
I can already tell that my mental faculties are impaired.

583
00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:41,000
What we're supposed to do?

584
00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:42,000
Left hand.

585
00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:44,000
Oh, I'm getting them wrong, aren't I?

586
00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:46,000
I don't think...

587
00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:51,000
Just from a subjective point of view, I'd want to further impair them with alcohol.

588
00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:55,000
Although, you know, caring less about the cold certainly has its merits.

589
00:36:55,000 --> 00:37:00,000
Yeah, you might do better by trying to light a small fire or something like that.

590
00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:02,000
Get shelter.

591
00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:06,000
And with that pearl of wisdom, it's time to gather the last set of data.

592
00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:09,000
Okay, face. 72 degrees.

593
00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:16,000
Again, the thermal camera shows the guy's skin temperature to be higher than or equal to pre-brandy numbers.

594
00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:20,000
Dude, I just can't get over how funny looking you look on a thermal camera.

595
00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:24,000
But critically, the same can't be said for their core body temperature.

596
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:27,000
97.37.

597
00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:31,000
Which is a sudden and worrying drop of a whole degree.

598
00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:33,000
Can we go now?

599
00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:37,000
It turns out that St. Bernard's carrying brandy is a myth.

600
00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:42,000
Now, if these guys actually saved anybody's lives, it'd be due to their body warmth.

601
00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:47,000
Because like Bob here, they're big brutes, they're really furry, and he's actually keeping me quite warm.

602
00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:53,000
Yep, a shaggy dog cuddle is the solution to this shaggy dog story.

603
00:37:53,000 --> 00:38:01,000
In summary, alcohol dilates your vascular system, which sends blood to your extremities where it loses its warmth.

604
00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:05,000
And as a result, your core body temperature quickly cools.

605
00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:08,000
You don't mind if I have a little nip, huh?

606
00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:16,000
I gotta tell you, right after that second brandy, I was thinking, I understand what this myth is all about, because I was feeling pretty fine.

607
00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:19,000
It's probably because you just didn't care about the cold so much anymore.

608
00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:26,000
Well, no, alcohol also has a diluting effect. My blood was thinning and moving more towards my extremities, making me feel more comfortable.

609
00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:30,000
But right after that, your core body temperature started to drop like a stone.

610
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:35,000
Right, which is precisely the opposite of what you want to happen in a freezing cold situation.

611
00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:41,000
So in the short term, it might make you feel good, but ultimately, it's the last thing you want to do.

612
00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:43,000
Absolutely. This one's busted.

613
00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:47,000
Busted. Saved the brandy for when you're curled up in front of the fireplace back in the lodge.

614
00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:56,000
Carrie Grant and Tori love a good explosive bonfire.

615
00:38:57,000 --> 00:39:03,000
In fact, any fiery fable ignites their inner pyromania.

616
00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:04,000
Ah, f***!

617
00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:06,000
And Adam's feet.

618
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:11,000
So when viewers suggested that burning a baby grand might make it explode...

619
00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:15,000
...of the kerosene...

620
00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:18,000
They couldn't wait to fire up...

621
00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:19,000
Run!

622
00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:21,000
...and find out if it was true.

623
00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:23,000
Oh my God, that fire's awesome!

624
00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:26,000
Fire department gave me a pyrometer so I can check how hot it is.

625
00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:28,000
Wait, I gotta put my arm around here.

626
00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:29,000
Okay, careful.

627
00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:35,000
With the pyrometer maxed out, their instrument inferno is burning at more than a thousand degrees...

628
00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:40,000
...which makes short work of the wooden frame, lid, and legs.

629
00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:42,000
Sure doesn't hear boing boing boing.

630
00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:44,000
I want a heat.

631
00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:49,000
Remember, if there's any truth to this myth...

632
00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:55,000
...the 20 tons of tension in the strings has to be suddenly and explosively released.

633
00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:57,000
Seeing a little caving in...

634
00:39:57,000 --> 00:40:00,000
Maybe it'll collapse on itself.

635
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:01,000
That's the theory.

636
00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:05,000
But as the baby grand slowly but surely burns down to the ground...

637
00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:09,000
...the myth of the exploding piano goes up in smoke.

638
00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:11,000
Well, no explosion.

639
00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:15,000
In fact, all we see that's left of the piano is a smoking hole...

640
00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:19,000
...with a skeleton of the cast iron piece.

641
00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:22,000
You can still see some of the strings, which is not what I expected.

642
00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:26,000
I thought in all the heat, strings which are very thin compared to the cast iron...

643
00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:29,000
...wouldn't be going boing boing boing boing boing.

644
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:31,000
But we didn't hear anything.

645
00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:33,000
There's no way this thing will ever explode.

646
00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:36,000
And I'm so confident that that's why I'm this close to the piano.

647
00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:39,000
No matter how much tension is put on these wires...

648
00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:41,000
...they're never going to explode and pop.

649
00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:45,000
Because as the wires heat up, the metal is just going to expand.

650
00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:46,000
It's just going to stretch.

651
00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:48,000
So you're never going to get this boing boing...

652
00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:51,000
...snaping wires and you're not going to get the exploding piano.

653
00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:53,000
It's just not physically possible.

654
00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:54,000
And that's the key.

655
00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:56,000
Yes, the tension will be released...

656
00:40:56,000 --> 00:41:00,000
...but it happens slowly as the metal strings expand in the fire.

657
00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:01,000
And so...

658
00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:03,000
This is definitively busted.

659
00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:04,000
Busted.

660
00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:05,000
Busted.

661
00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:07,000
But hold on. Aren't they forgetting something?

662
00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:12,000
The myth that a piano will explode in a fire is completely busted.

663
00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:14,000
But now we want to replicate the results.

664
00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:16,000
So we're going to blow a piano up anyway.

665
00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:18,000
So JD, the Rayleigh piano in the fire...

666
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:19,000
...kind of sucked.

667
00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:20,000
Didn't explode.

668
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:23,000
But we do have a backup piano that we can explode.

669
00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:25,000
What do you have for us?

670
00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:28,000
What I think you need is the Mythbusters Concerto in C4.

671
00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:30,000
Ha ha ha ha ha!

672
00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:32,000
Alright JD, this one's for you.

673
00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:33,000
Go JD.

674
00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:34,000
Go JD.

675
00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:35,000
Go JD.

676
00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:37,000
Feel this piano with some TNT.

677
00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:38,000
Go JD.

678
00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:39,000
Go JD.

679
00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:41,000
Everybody now, come on!

680
00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:42,000
Go JD.

681
00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:43,000
Go JD.

682
00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:46,000
Feel this piano with some TNT.

683
00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:48,000
It's a catchy tune.

684
00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:54,000
And JD hums along as he tunes the piano for the Mythbusters Concerto in C4.

685
00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:55,000
Alright, you guys ready?

686
00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:56,000
I'm ready.

687
00:41:56,000 --> 00:41:57,000
Are you ready?

688
00:41:57,000 --> 00:41:58,000
Ready.

689
00:41:58,000 --> 00:41:59,000
This is it.

690
00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:01,000
In three, two, one...

691
00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:03,000
Woo!

692
00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:05,000
Ha ha ha!

693
00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:08,000
Now that's what I call an exploding piano!

694
00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:09,000
Nice!

695
00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:21,000
Man, one second it was there, next second it was gone.

696
00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:25,000
Look at it's all open place.

697
00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:28,000
And because it's the viewer's special, especially for you...

698
00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:33,000
Here's the high speed encore of the Mythbusters Concerto in C4.

699
00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:48,000
Rest in pieces!

700
00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:50,000
Who would direct that piano?

701
00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:53,000
This is my 80's rock band.

702
00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:54,000
They all had these.

703
00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:56,000
And did this move.

704
00:42:57,000 --> 00:42:59,000
Now that was cool, but the Myth is still busted.

705
00:42:59,000 --> 00:43:01,000
If your piano is on fire, it's not going to explode.

706
00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:04,000
If it's filled with C4, well, that's another story.