These MythBusters Stories Got Scrapped Due to Danger

Intro bumper by Abe Dieckman

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[crowguy]

By being part of that international audience I can confirm that these were, indeed, good jokes. Whichever they may have cut.

[DInozowa]

This is why most subscribers left cable tv for streaming services. 40 minute runtime in an hour block. That's after we also paid their ridiculous prices for the service.

[Bradlinho]

his ability to just immediately recall stories for these very specific questions is actually quite impressive

[ryanbigguy]

In case anyone is wondering, the result of the syrup vs water myth was "plausible, depending on the viscosity of the syrup"

[kevinwallace]

The fact that he’s still thinking of factors that might affect the experiments is awesome

[Vickie-Bligh]

That episode with Nathan was fun. Poor kid looked like a fish out of water when he got done with his first run, yet he soldiered on. I never get tired of MB. You created a fun, entertaining, and surprisingly educational show. I also love the various 'Don't Try This At Home' intros that you & Jamie did.

[Opforvideo]

7-8 minutes, over that many episodes, over that many seasons? Hours of Mythbusters I missed by being a north american. Best soft sell for region shifting with a VPN I've ever heard.

[VegetaLF]

Several years ago I remember Kari making a passing reference to learning something that she and the others have sworn to secrecy and refuses to elaborate on, I'm sure the explosives thing is what she was referring too

[steveschainost]

As I understand it, in many European countries, suppressors are legal and can be bought over the counter. e.g. Poland, France, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, etc. They help reduce hearing damage in general as well as noise complaints during hunting season. In many places in Europe, it is considered impolite to hunt without a suppressor. They can also reduce recoil. A suppressor cannot reduce the sound of a bullet that goes supersonic once it leaves the barrel, but only the initial sound of the explosion of the powder in the cartridge.

[Theodore]

Little known fact, in Hollywood silencers DO actually suppress the sonic boom, but when you leave the city limits for the rest of the world physics returns to normal.

[arioch]

6:58 - Adam, I can tell you as a former sonar technician in the US Navy that water temperature definitely affects/impacts the propagation of sound through the water, I'm not sure it would be enough of an effect for a swimmer with regards to viscosity. Temperature gradients cause sound to bend and reflect, travelling for hundreds of miles.

[VickyV]

The show I remember most was the one about pirates wearing an eye patch to keep one eye dilated so they could switch the patch to the undilated eye when they went down into the dark bowels of the ship which allowed them to see better in the dark. A second show I remember was the one where you tested to see if it took a lot of extra electricity to initially turn on a light than to run it. If I remember rightly, the result was a resounding NO! It did take a tiny bit more electricity, but it was almost unmeasurable.

[krisblouch]

Surfer here. Cold vs. Warm water makes a huge difference, so much that they build especially body boards specifically for that.

[mitchellradspinner]

The funny thing to me is the revelation that the generalist being a better benchmark was the lesson that stuck with me from that episode more than the results. Even when Adam started talking about the episode I knew what his answer was going to be and I haven't seen this episode in a decade.

[vanepico]

I did notice we in the UK always got a British narrator but occasionally we would get shown episodes with the american narrator, presumably that was when discovery started pushing US levels of adverts on us too!

[keithmcauslan]

One of my favorite Explosive episodes was the Nitro glycerin episode. The bleeps and sound effects still bring me a smile when I remember it to this day.

[imonlybleeding]

I have remembered that lesson from the swimming episode for years and have used it for comparion to similar situations. It was so fascinating to see how the more adaptable swimmer was superior to the inarguably-better swimmer given the correct situation. Yeah, sure, I liked the big booms in mythbusters, especially when you could see the refraction ocurring at the edge of the pressure wave. But I also loved the "a-ha" moments and watching the scientific method unfold, and that swimming episode was definitely a cool example.

[hatdude]

The backstories of planning these shows is fascinating. I would love to see a behind the scenes for each episode.

[artemisfowl]

2:20 many not American countries actually encourage suppressors to be used for hunting and firing ranges; because they're never actually silencers

[justandy]

That must be so frustrating/heartbreaking having crafted an episode exactly the way you want it, only for the TV station to slice it up cut stuff out to fit their agenda.