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  2. MythBusters (2007 season) - Wikipedia

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    Can sticking one's finger in a gun barrel stop a bullet? (Revisit of: Finger in a Barrel) If two metal hammers are struck together, or a hammer strikes an anvil, can they shatter with lethal force? (Revisit of: Hammer vs. Hammer) Can a rifle fired with a boresight in the barrel backfire and explode, creating a cartoon-like banana peel effect?

  3. MythBusters (2005 season) - Wikipedia

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    A bullet that struck the groin of a soldier in the American Civil War led to the impregnation of a woman who was struck by the same bullet after it exited the soldier's body. Busted A Civil War-era bullet was fired through a pouch containing spermatozoa and into ballistic gel representing the woman's abdomen; no living spermatozoa were ...

  4. MythBusters (2008 season) - Wikipedia

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    Someone can break a lightbulb by spraying it with drain cleaner. Confirmed The spray caused a thermal shock to the hot glass of the lamp, making it break. You can repair a blown fuse by wrapping it in a gum wrapper. Confirmed Adam demonstrated that this is possible. You can fix an acid leak with chocolate. Confirmed

  5. Prince Rupert's drop - Wikipedia

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    Prince Rupert's drops have remained a scientific curiosity for nearly 400 years due to two unusual mechanical properties: [4] when the tail is snipped, the drop disintegrates explosively into powder, whereas the bulbous head can withstand compressive forces of up to 664,300 newtons (67,740 kg f).

  6. What Bullets Do to Bodies - Highline

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    The action-movie hero is shot in the stomach; he limps to a safe house; he takes off his shirt, removes the bullet with a tweezer, and now he is better. This is not trauma surgery. Trauma surgery is about fixing the damage the bullet causes as it rips through muscle and vessel and organ and bone. The bullet can stay in the body just fine.

  7. Look: Old Video Of George Kittle Going Viral Today

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    The post Look: Old Video Of George Kittle Going Viral Today appeared first on The Spun. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290 ...

  8. Child who shattered rare 3,500-year-old artifact is invited ...

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    A 4-year-old accidentally knocked over and shattered a 3,500-year-old Bronze Age jar during a visit to the Hecht Museum at the University of Haifa in Israel on Friday.. The museum said the ...

  9. List of MythBusters episodes - Wikipedia

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    Can a bullet travel through a sniper's scope and kill him? (Revisit of: Firearms Folklore) Can sticking one's finger in a gun barrel stop a bullet? (Revisit of: Finger in a Barrel) If two metal hammers are struck together, or a hammer strikes an anvil, can they shatter with lethal force? (Revisit of: Hammer vs. Hammer)