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The lead bullet penetrated farther than the silver bullet due to its greater density and mass, thus it is more effective in bringing down an opponent. Also, silver shrinks when cooled, forcing precision accuracy when forging bullets out of it, and was used as a form of currency back in the Wild West, which would make using silver bullets ...
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
A supersonic bullet can (and will) break any kind of glass just by the sonic boom it generates. Busted The MythBusters got their hands on an Armalite AR-50.50 caliber sniper rifle, one of the most powerful rifles available. They then lined up two rows of glass objects, such as windows, wine glasses, cups, and lightbulbs, and fired the rifle so ...
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 ...
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)
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 ...
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.
A bullet can be shot into the empty chamber of another revolver. Confirmed: The MythBusters were actually able to fire a bullet straight down the chamber of the test revolver. The bullet went in and lodged itself inside the chamber, matching the picture they had. A sniper can kill another sniper by shooting straight through the scope.