MythBusters once fired a cannonball at a bomb disposal range and missed. Instead, it flew over 700 yards and through a bedroom in which a family was sleeping, eventually coming to a stop in a minivan
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Top 10 Interesting Facts in Mythbusters
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Mythbusters tried to disprove a theory that plants have feelings but ended up proving it
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Mythbusters found that a barista with a DD bra size resulted in men tipping 30% more and women tipping 40% more
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Mythbusters double-dipped may chips but found that the difference in germs compared to non-double-dipped chips was negligible
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Mythbusters was going to do an episode which highlighted the immense security flaws in most credit cards, but Discovery was threatened by, and eventually gave into immense legal pressure from the majo
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-r credit card companies
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Quicksand isn't dangerous, Adam and Jamie from Mythbusters got in a tub of it and floated at waist height. Deaths from quicksand are likely due to exposure.
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When Mythbusters was originally proposed as Tall Tales or True, Discovery rejected it because they had just commissioned a show on that same topic.
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There's a theory of the brace position used in safety protocol for airlines in case of the plane crashing, that states the position is designed to kill you because of how much money victims recei
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-ve if they survive but was tested by MythBusters to be false.
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Mythbusters confirmed that bits of fecal matter get into toothbrushes even if they're placed in an office far away from the lavatory
