Mythbusters - Season 2
Season 2
Episodes
Exploding Toilet, Is It Worth Running in the Rain?, Ice Bullet
Episode #4 – "Exploding Toilet"
Myths tested:
Can a person be propelled off a toilet seat by dropping a lit cigarette into a toilet bowl when filled with various combustible materials?
Is running better than walking to keep dry in the rain?
Is it possible to make a "magic bullet" out of ice?
Tested myths include magic ice bullets, thought to kill without a clue and is it worth running in the rain, where Adam and Jamie see which gets you drier, running or walking in the rain. To test if you can explode a toilet, the Mythbusters get a crash-test dummy that they name Buster.
Cell Phone+Gas Station=Explosion??, Exploding Implants, Exploding CDs
Episode #5 – "Cell Phone Destroys Gas Station"
Myths tested:
Will using a cell phone near a gas pump cause an explosion?
Will silicone breast implants explode or expand in low pressure?
Can a standard CD-ROM drive shatter a CD?
Cell phones are tested to see if they can destroy a gas station. Then, breast implants are tested to see if high altitudes will make them explode. Finally, CD's are tested to see if computer drives can make them break.
Barrel of Bricks, Peeing on the Third Rail, EEL Skin Wallet
Episode #6 – "Barrel of Bricks"
Myths tested:
Can a bricklayer hoisting a wooden barrel full of bricks with a pulley from the top of a three-story building fall and hit a man multiple times?
Can a person be electrocuted by urinating on the third rail?
Can an eel skin wallet erase a credit card?
The story of the unlucky construction worker and the barrel of 500 lb. of bricks is tested. Also, you'll see if peeing on the third rail can kill you, along with credit cards not working due to an eel skin wallet.
Penny Drop, Microwave Madness!, Radio Fillings
Episode #7 – "Penny Drop"
Myths tested:
Will a penny dropped from the top of the Empire State Building kill a person or penetrate the ground?
Can a person's internal organs be cooked by a tanning booth?
Can tooth fillings receive radio waves?
Jamie and Adam test whether a penny dropped from a skyscraper will embed in concrete and whether it is possible to pick up radio signals through tooth fillings. The team finds out the terminal velocity of a penny and make a penny cannon, then shot it at a pigs scull. This showed if a penny being dropping at terminal velocity can kill someone. Can you be baked to death on a tanning bed They also examine several myths surrounding microwave ovens.
Buried Alive!!!, 101 Uses for Cola, Hammer Jump
Buster tries to survive a drop into a body of water with a hammer, and Jamie's getting buried alive! Also, you'd be surprised by how many cola-related myths are perfect for the Mythbusters.
Tongue Stud Lightning Rod, Tree Cannon, You Can't Beat the Breath Test!
Jamie and Adam want to see if tongue piercing attract lightning, if they can make a cannon out of a tree, and if drunk people can fool the police.
Stinky Car, Raccoon Rocket
The Mythbusters see if a car can get so stinky that no one will buy it. Waiting for 2 months for 2 dead pigs to decompose in a car, the want to test raccoon rocket, where a person lighting gasoline in a sewer pipe to eliminate a raccoon but shoots himself out but lives. Looks like a job for Buster!
Escape from Alcatraz, Does a Duck's Quack Echo?, Mind Control Chips
Jamie and Adam try to escape from Alcatraz using a raft made from raincoats. In between, they test to see if duck quacks can echo and if Red Cross has mind control chips for their patients.
Explosive Decompression, Frog Giggin', Rear Axle
Chicken Gun, Octopus Egg Pregnancy, Killer Washing Machine
Break Step Bridge
Buried in Concrete, Daddy Longlegs, Jet Taxi
Sinking Titanic
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