who knew so many myths were actually
true welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for
another top 10 myths confirmed by the
Mythbusters
for this list we’ll be looking at more
myths that were eventually confirmed by
the Mythbusters again we’ll only be
including 100% confirmed myths for this
list so plausible outcomes will not be
included yes that means that the
elephant’s being afraid of mice myth
will not be making an appearance this
list is brought to you in part by
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websites don’t have to be Wix lets you
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with no hassle giving you more time to
do the things you love check out the
links below to get started number 10 a
blind person can safely drive with
instructions to get this myth under
control they needed to figure out how to
work as one it may seem to go against
the very nature of driving but it turns
out that blind people can drive quite
well when given proper instructions from
a passenger
Adam and Jamie initially drove a course
blindfolded and of course failed however
they discovered that a real blind person
could drive quite well with a sober and
attentive passenger relaying them
information we say sober and attentive
because they also tested the effects of
an intoxicated passenger and found that
it resulted in more erratic driving due
to the failure of communication despite
the success of this myth both Adam and
Jamie emphasized that this is illegal
no matter how precise the instructions
may be
but it looks like Jerry will
successfully avoid traffic school and
stop you made it number nine a modern
car can run on moonshine what I have
here is traditional moonshine now this
is what we’re gonna be using to fuel our
cars
now this particular moonshine is about
192 proof which means it’s about 96
percent ethanol
just remember this next time you may
want to try moonshine it is so potent
that it can literally power a modern
car’s engine
the build team placed 192 proof
moonshine in the fuel tanks of cars from
the 1970s 1990s and 2010’s and while the
70s and 90s cars failed to perform
carries modern car successfully
completed three laps
despite slower than average acceleration
the car also managed to go from zero to
60 in nine seconds and Tory clocked a
time of two minutes and 24 seconds doing
three laps at a Speedway so if you’re
ever worried about running out of gas
throw a spare bottle of hooch in your
trunk I’m shocked so after completing
three almost perfect laps it’s clear the
unmodified modern car and it’s computer
can handle the hard stuff number eight a
human voice can shatter glass
[Music]
you see it all the time in movies a
person sings at such a high register
that their voice alone shatters the
glass they are holding is this fact or
merely a parlor trick
turns out it’s fact Adam partly
confirmed the myth by shattering a glass
made of crystal with his own amplified
voice well this was interesting at all
the Mythbusters took it up a notch by
bringing an author and vocal coach jaime
vendera vendera was able to shatter the
glass with his own unamplified voice
that measured at 117 decibels at 48
meters the equivalent of 120 decibels at
1 meter it was then that the myth was
well and truly confirmed number 7 bigger
breasts mean bigger tips now I’ll be
working the same shift every day I’ll be
wearing the same clothes every day
wearing the same wig and contacts every
it’s a myth some of us may not want to
believe but as Carrie and the build team
proved it is true to test this myth Kari
disguised herself and went undercover in
a coffee shop complete with a tip jar
rigged to separate tips from men and
women when Carrie’s breasts were both
taped down and unaltered she received
$72 and tips from the first 280 male
customers when her breasts were rigged
to Triple D size she received $98 as
Kari received substantially more money
with the larger breasts the myth was
easily confirmed but more interesting to
me is that women gave 40 percent more I
think this must be primal bigger boobs
just yield more satisfaction number 6
you can be electrocuted by lightning
through a corded telephone but can it
actually happen to find out the
Mythbusters need a house and like
three-second part sounds tricky but it
turns out they’re in luck as the myth
goes lightning has the ability to travel
through a corded telephone and deliver a
shocking surprise to a person on the
other end you may have heard the
seemingly ridiculous myth from your
mother or father growing up and shaking
your head and disbelief but it turns out
they were right after Adam and Jamie
sent two hundred thousand volts into a
hut
the electricity traveled from the
phone’s mouthpiece into the dummy’s
mouth and set off an explosive charge
signaling that lightning can indeed
electrocute you through a corded phone
mom and dad aren’t so stupid now are
they number five overusing bug bombs can
cause an explosion – in the hallway here
the plan is to set off 12 bug bombs
inside the house the same as the myth
and more than ten times the
manufacturer’s recommended amount then
they’ll fire up each of the ignition
systems until they get a blast you best
leave bug eradication to the
professionals a San Diego family
discovered this when their house blew up
supposedly because they use too many bug
bombs according to the report a spark
ignited the chemicals in the air causing
an explosion within the house while this
sounds like something you may find on
Snopes the Mythbusters were able to
verify the story in their tests although
the explosion itself was rather small
and it took dozens of bug bombs to see
the desired results however fact remains
that an overuse of bombs can in fact
number four super glue has enough hold
to glue furniture to the ceiling we’re
actually going to glue everything to the
ceiling so that we can make an
upside-down room curious to see if is
actually gonna work as the Mythbusters
found out super glue really can’t do
anything in the preliminary testing the
build team was able to lift a station
wagon for several seconds using seven
drops of super glue and a construction
crane they then built a mock hotel room
and gave themself six hours to
completely invert the room using nothing
but super glue despite a few problems
they were ultimately successful and were
able to completely glue the sheets
cushions and furniture to the ceiling
giving it the appearance of an
upside-down room
we knew super glue was strong but this
is something else that is one
upside-down bed with a cherry on top
number three driving while tired is more
dangerous than driving an daeviated you
know the drinking part that was easy but
staying up for 39 hours in a row that
messes with your head you may not
believe it and you may have done it
yourself on numerous occasions but
driving well exhausted is actually more
dangerous than driving drunk to test the
myth Kari and Tory were each given
enough drinks to get them just below a
0.08 BAC once that test was completed
they both stayed awake for thirty hours
without the help of caffeine or sugar
after they took the test again while
exhausted her performances had
significantly worsened confirming the
myth that driving will sleep-deprived is
more dangerous than driving at the legal
0.08 BAC level I was somewhat terrified
for the camera crew every now and that
be like I’m falling asleep here at some
point they’re gonna have to run number
two a rock kicked up by a lawn mower has
the same force as a bullet the idea is
that a rock kicked by a lawn mower can
have an equivalent amount of force as a
bullet delivered from a 357 pistol
lethal lawn mowers I like it please be
careful when you’re mowing your lawn
because the stray rock kicked up by your
lawn mower can literally kill someone in
the lab Adam and Jamie rigged a lawn
mower with an electric motor so they
could control the speed once the blades
were brought down on rocks the rocks
were shattered and sent flying at 400
feet per second when tested on a
ballistic pendulum the fired rock swung
the pendulum at 66 degrees
from a 357 magnum sent at only 60
degrees while the flung rock wasn’t as
fast as the bullet it had more mass
resulting in a more powerful punch that
is more energy from the rocks it from a
bullet from a 357
I knew lawnmowers were scary I used to
know how scary before we unveil our top
pick here are a few honorable mentions
the plan is simple each mythbuster will
plunge their hand into ice first
shouting out random words and then again
shouting expletives most people think of
toilet seats pretty dirty No
this myth states that that’s not
necessarily the case that there are many
other locations and things within your
average person’s immediate vicinity that
are far filthier than their toilet seat
number one a standard vacuum cleaner can
generate enough suction to lift a car
there is a story that’s been on our list
for a long time I’ve always wanted to
test it the myth is that a standard
household vacuum cleaner has enough
suction to lift a car okay one single
vacuum hose can’t lift a car on its own
but its suction power can given the
right surface area during initial tests
Adam and Jamie found that a standard
vacuum cleaner has a suction power of
2.8 PSI they then built 40 suction cups
at the same power and attach them to a
crane with the hopes of lifting a car
the initial tests were problematic
forcing them to replace the suction cups
with plywood boxes with these boxes they
were able to lift the car to the full
height of the crane when the suction was
turned off the car disengaged proving
that the crane played no part in the
lifting and confirming the myth and if
anyone needs to lift a car with a vacuum
don’t call us we’ve done it once we
not all websites look amazing but with
wicks calm anyone can build a
great-looking site with no hassle click the link below and build yours today
true welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for
another top 10 myths confirmed by the
Mythbusters
for this list we’ll be looking at more
myths that were eventually confirmed by
the Mythbusters again we’ll only be
including 100% confirmed myths for this
list so plausible outcomes will not be
included yes that means that the
elephant’s being afraid of mice myth
will not be making an appearance this
list is brought to you in part by
wix.com busting myths is hard work but
websites don’t have to be Wix lets you
build and operate your own creative site
with no hassle giving you more time to
do the things you love check out the
links below to get started number 10 a
blind person can safely drive with
instructions to get this myth under
control they needed to figure out how to
work as one it may seem to go against
the very nature of driving but it turns
out that blind people can drive quite
well when given proper instructions from
a passenger
Adam and Jamie initially drove a course
blindfolded and of course failed however
they discovered that a real blind person
could drive quite well with a sober and
attentive passenger relaying them
information we say sober and attentive
because they also tested the effects of
an intoxicated passenger and found that
it resulted in more erratic driving due
to the failure of communication despite
the success of this myth both Adam and
Jamie emphasized that this is illegal
no matter how precise the instructions
may be
but it looks like Jerry will
successfully avoid traffic school and
stop you made it number nine a modern
car can run on moonshine what I have
here is traditional moonshine now this
is what we’re gonna be using to fuel our
cars
now this particular moonshine is about
192 proof which means it’s about 96
percent ethanol
just remember this next time you may
want to try moonshine it is so potent
that it can literally power a modern
car’s engine
the build team placed 192 proof
moonshine in the fuel tanks of cars from
the 1970s 1990s and 2010’s and while the
70s and 90s cars failed to perform
carries modern car successfully
completed three laps
despite slower than average acceleration
the car also managed to go from zero to
60 in nine seconds and Tory clocked a
time of two minutes and 24 seconds doing
three laps at a Speedway so if you’re
ever worried about running out of gas
throw a spare bottle of hooch in your
trunk I’m shocked so after completing
three almost perfect laps it’s clear the
unmodified modern car and it’s computer
can handle the hard stuff number eight a
human voice can shatter glass
[Music]
you see it all the time in movies a
person sings at such a high register
that their voice alone shatters the
glass they are holding is this fact or
merely a parlor trick
turns out it’s fact Adam partly
confirmed the myth by shattering a glass
made of crystal with his own amplified
voice well this was interesting at all
the Mythbusters took it up a notch by
bringing an author and vocal coach jaime
vendera vendera was able to shatter the
glass with his own unamplified voice
that measured at 117 decibels at 48
meters the equivalent of 120 decibels at
1 meter it was then that the myth was
well and truly confirmed number 7 bigger
breasts mean bigger tips now I’ll be
working the same shift every day I’ll be
wearing the same clothes every day
wearing the same wig and contacts every
it’s a myth some of us may not want to
believe but as Carrie and the build team
proved it is true to test this myth Kari
disguised herself and went undercover in
a coffee shop complete with a tip jar
rigged to separate tips from men and
women when Carrie’s breasts were both
taped down and unaltered she received
$72 and tips from the first 280 male
customers when her breasts were rigged
to Triple D size she received $98 as
Kari received substantially more money
with the larger breasts the myth was
easily confirmed but more interesting to
me is that women gave 40 percent more I
think this must be primal bigger boobs
just yield more satisfaction number 6
you can be electrocuted by lightning
through a corded telephone but can it
actually happen to find out the
Mythbusters need a house and like
three-second part sounds tricky but it
turns out they’re in luck as the myth
goes lightning has the ability to travel
through a corded telephone and deliver a
shocking surprise to a person on the
other end you may have heard the
seemingly ridiculous myth from your
mother or father growing up and shaking
your head and disbelief but it turns out
they were right after Adam and Jamie
sent two hundred thousand volts into a
hut
the electricity traveled from the
phone’s mouthpiece into the dummy’s
mouth and set off an explosive charge
signaling that lightning can indeed
electrocute you through a corded phone
mom and dad aren’t so stupid now are
they number five overusing bug bombs can
cause an explosion – in the hallway here
the plan is to set off 12 bug bombs
inside the house the same as the myth
and more than ten times the
manufacturer’s recommended amount then
they’ll fire up each of the ignition
systems until they get a blast you best
leave bug eradication to the
professionals a San Diego family
discovered this when their house blew up
supposedly because they use too many bug
bombs according to the report a spark
ignited the chemicals in the air causing
an explosion within the house while this
sounds like something you may find on
Snopes the Mythbusters were able to
verify the story in their tests although
the explosion itself was rather small
and it took dozens of bug bombs to see
the desired results however fact remains
that an overuse of bombs can in fact
number four super glue has enough hold
to glue furniture to the ceiling we’re
actually going to glue everything to the
ceiling so that we can make an
upside-down room curious to see if is
actually gonna work as the Mythbusters
found out super glue really can’t do
anything in the preliminary testing the
build team was able to lift a station
wagon for several seconds using seven
drops of super glue and a construction
crane they then built a mock hotel room
and gave themself six hours to
completely invert the room using nothing
but super glue despite a few problems
they were ultimately successful and were
able to completely glue the sheets
cushions and furniture to the ceiling
giving it the appearance of an
upside-down room
we knew super glue was strong but this
is something else that is one
upside-down bed with a cherry on top
number three driving while tired is more
dangerous than driving an daeviated you
know the drinking part that was easy but
staying up for 39 hours in a row that
messes with your head you may not
believe it and you may have done it
yourself on numerous occasions but
driving well exhausted is actually more
dangerous than driving drunk to test the
myth Kari and Tory were each given
enough drinks to get them just below a
0.08 BAC once that test was completed
they both stayed awake for thirty hours
without the help of caffeine or sugar
after they took the test again while
exhausted her performances had
significantly worsened confirming the
myth that driving will sleep-deprived is
more dangerous than driving at the legal
0.08 BAC level I was somewhat terrified
for the camera crew every now and that
be like I’m falling asleep here at some
point they’re gonna have to run number
two a rock kicked up by a lawn mower has
the same force as a bullet the idea is
that a rock kicked by a lawn mower can
have an equivalent amount of force as a
bullet delivered from a 357 pistol
lethal lawn mowers I like it please be
careful when you’re mowing your lawn
because the stray rock kicked up by your
lawn mower can literally kill someone in
the lab Adam and Jamie rigged a lawn
mower with an electric motor so they
could control the speed once the blades
were brought down on rocks the rocks
were shattered and sent flying at 400
feet per second when tested on a
ballistic pendulum the fired rock swung
the pendulum at 66 degrees
from a 357 magnum sent at only 60
degrees while the flung rock wasn’t as
fast as the bullet it had more mass
resulting in a more powerful punch that
is more energy from the rocks it from a
bullet from a 357
I knew lawnmowers were scary I used to
know how scary before we unveil our top
pick here are a few honorable mentions
the plan is simple each mythbuster will
plunge their hand into ice first
shouting out random words and then again
shouting expletives most people think of
toilet seats pretty dirty No
this myth states that that’s not
necessarily the case that there are many
other locations and things within your
average person’s immediate vicinity that
are far filthier than their toilet seat
number one a standard vacuum cleaner can
generate enough suction to lift a car
there is a story that’s been on our list
for a long time I’ve always wanted to
test it the myth is that a standard
household vacuum cleaner has enough
suction to lift a car okay one single
vacuum hose can’t lift a car on its own
but its suction power can given the
right surface area during initial tests
Adam and Jamie found that a standard
vacuum cleaner has a suction power of
2.8 PSI they then built 40 suction cups
at the same power and attach them to a
crane with the hopes of lifting a car
the initial tests were problematic
forcing them to replace the suction cups
with plywood boxes with these boxes they
were able to lift the car to the full
height of the crane when the suction was
turned off the car disengaged proving
that the crane played no part in the
lifting and confirming the myth and if
anyone needs to lift a car with a vacuum
don’t call us we’ve done it once we
not all websites look amazing but with
wicks calm anyone can build a
great-looking site with no hassle click the link below and build yours today
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