Science Behind Wet Towel Snaps | MythBusters

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[WertzOne]

The camera man was like "it's my time to shiny on worldwide tv" then Jaime crushed his dream.

[pyrho]

That guy really wanted Jamie to whip him with the towel.

[abdullahafridi]

Still waiting for Discovery to upload full epsiodes on YouTube. The internet is the future! The sooner you realize that, the better.

[bobibest]

Why Mythbusters had to end ? Why stopping something that is succesfull and still making money ?

[AussieEch]

Funny thing is, in Australia we have a mini Olympics where we use dry towels and try to flick each other it’s so much fun

[brycemitts]

who else thought it was an ice block that was going to shatter

[Kenazzle]

Is it true that a whip cracking snap sound is actually a tiny sonic boom caused by the speed of the end correcting itself on the backswing?

[newman]

"a lot of us have experience in the shower, playing with a wet towel" tmi jamie

[brettj.]

I'm sitting here naked outside my tub watching this while I should really be showering.

[zeus]

Man This Remind me of My Childhood This Shows from Discovery i always watched discovery and less cartoon's and now i miss those times so much😭❤️

[gkollias]

why is it that the discovery youtube channel is the only one with compulsory 30 sec commercials on mobile devices??

[randywoodworth]

As towel snap victim yeah it hurts, especially when you don't see it coming....

[shinobisauren]

Ahh, the physics behind all those years of whipping the shit out of each other in the Scouts with our neckerchiefs, lol.

[chicago]

I like how there is a bucket in the back for "Knobs & Handles" 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[levelovixor]

oh that's why dad's belt hurts so much

[cizma]

In order for whip to be even stronger you should form a triangle by folding two corners towards middle. Now that you have somewhat of a triangle you need to roll it as tight as possible vertical to any of the sites (making this part of towel really thick while other is kind of loose) now take the towel by the wider side, you can grab the end of whip and stretch it a bit, but that is mostly it, towel whip as strong as it was leather

[arielgutierrez]

Now this is quality content. Towel Snaps? Hell yeah 😎

[headshot]

At work, I did this to one of my coworkers and it drew blood. Pretty proud of that moment, but he called it quits after that. Now, there's no one left willing to have towel Wars with me.

[qasw]

have alot of us had experience in the shower with wet towels? Or is it just you jamey.

[sporkinstien]

At my old restaurant job we had the best towels for snapping, my boss actually cut my leg with a snap and I was able to blow holes in boxes lol