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  • What's not to love?

  • Welcome to watch Mojo, and today we'll be counting down our picks for the top 20.

  • Best Mitts tested on Mythbusters.

  • It may not look like it, but we're professionals.

  • Do us a favor.

  • Don't try this at home for this list will be looking at our favorite myths that were tested on Mythbusters throughout 17 seasons and nearly 300 episodes.

  • These could be the most informative, the funniest, the most fun to watch and or the most surprising.

  • Generally, as long as these myths are enjoyable and informative, they will be included.

  • Number 20 Mercury fulminate.

  • We all watched breaking bad, saw Walt blow up a building with a chunk of mercury fulminate and thought, I wonder if that actually works Is not meth?

  • Well, no, it doesn't weigh, Always loved when Mythbusters would test exaggerated scenes of action for movies or television, so points right away for doing that.

  • Mercury fulminate is a primary explosive, and so it is very sensitive to shock and impact friction heat as well.

  • A spark.

  • The testing of the myth was also a lot of fun, including a trip down to a rock quarry grant building a mechanical arm and throwing charges of mercury fulminate at superhuman speeds.

  • This is Walter White, with 50 grams of mercury fulminate in 321 Ah, unfortunately, the myth was totally busted.

  • Throwing the mercury did absolutely nothing, and you need way more than what Walt had to cause an explosion of that caliber number 19 Spicy Cures.

  • Watching the bombastic Mitz is always fun, but we also love when the team tests practical, everyday men's like how to cure the pain from spicy food.

  • Chile fans want us to test hot chili cures for a spicy mouth.

  • It's not only informative to the audience, but it puts to rest all forms of bro science you may have heard.

  • In other words, they're busting a myth, and that's what the show is all about.

  • For this test, they attempted to cure the spicy pains using milk, water, beer, tequila, toothpaste, petroleum jelly and wasabi.

  • Got 30 seconds to wait before, you know, it was very entertaining to watch them test all the supposed cures, and some actually worked to an extent like beer, water and tequila.

  • But at the end of the day, nothing beats milk When it comes to relieving intense spice.

  • But doesn't everybody know that milk is the best cure for Hotch Lima Number 18 year wax candle?

  • You really never know what you're going to get with Mythbusters.

  • It's what makes the show so entertaining.

  • In this episode, we get earwax candle, Azzan, a candle literally made out of the bill teams earwax.

  • The myth comes from the movie Shrek has Shrek uses what he has to mould himself a little dinner candle.

  • The bill team created their own disgusting candle, and while it did burn to a degree, it reacted very poorly when compared to a traditional parapet, candle tariff in and beeswax burnt normally, as I would have expected.

  • Really astounding thing is how well the human earwax burned.

  • Turns out that Shrek took some biological liberties.

  • Then again, maybe over your wax burns better than humans, and that's down to the composition of candle wax.

  • Supposed to earwax.

  • Long chain hydrocarbons in Arifin or bees, wax melts and in liquid form, get pulled up the wick where they burn in a slow controlled fashion number.

  • 17 curving a bullet in the movie wanted characters managed to curve bullets around obstacles simply by swinging their arms in an arc while firing a gun.

  • Of course, this is absolute Hollywood nonsense, but it makes for a really entertaining segment of Mythbusters build.

  • Team originally tried performing defeat themselves, but unsurprisingly, no one could do it.

  • The bullet didn't curve, so in came the robot with superhuman speed, not vampires.

  • They don't use magic.

  • They don't have telekinetic powers to curve the bullet.

  • All it is is superhuman speed and strength, and that we can do in a bunch.

  • But even with superhuman arm speed, a deer rifle, gun barrel and on balance bullets, the bullets still flew in a pin straight trajectory.

  • I see the laser.

  • It's a straight shot.

  • There's no deviation whatsoever.

  • Superhuman strength.

  • And we still have a stretch at MIT, unequivocally busted.

  • Sometimes he just can't break the laws of physics.

  • Boring.

  • We know Number 16 rockets surfing.

  • You know it's going to be a good time when they break out the rockets.

  • Is it true?

  • With no waves inside, you can power a surfboard with a rocket.

  • This myth claims that it's possible to surf on still water, using a rocket engine for propulsion.

  • Three.

  • Theo Team used Buster to help with this myth, which is probably a good thing considering the very first test saw Buster doing a somersault.

  • After performing some modifications, including a wider surfboard, more weight, smaller motors and timed ignitions, both Tori and Buster managed to do some rocket serving.

  • That was one incredible ride.

  • Acceleration was insane, however.

  • The test did not meet their specific parameters and required significant modifications.

  • It turns out that you can't surf on still water with a rocket engine.

  • Darn, we were really hoping to use the spare rocket engine we have in the basement number 15 Prison break.

  • Sometimes you just wanna watch the bill team dressed like old timey prisoners and scale a wall using human hair.

  • In this episode, the build team were trying different tactics and materials for scaling down a prison wall.

  • It's the moment of truth for prison escape ropes.

  • We got 100% human hair, toilet paper, rope and the old Skool classic bedsheet.

  • And what made this episode so great was not just the entertainment value but the surprising results.

  • Ranch quickly and successfully scaled the wall using bed sheets.

  • Tory found it plausible to make a rope out of toilet paper, and Kerry managed to scale the wall using a rope made from human hair looking pretty good.

  • So far, actually, well, the hairs it's holding up.

  • That's great.

  • Incredible, strongest.

  • However, this one still remains questionable, as finding that much human hair in prison would be next to impossible.

  • Still, the act itself can be done, that number 14 surviving inside an animal carcass, one of the most famous scenes in the Star Wars, Siri's sees Han cutting open a tauntaun and stuffing Luke inside to keep him warm.

  • It's certainly disgusting, but hey, desperate times call for desperate measures.

  • This myth is easily one of the show's most intriguing and entertaining, as Adam sculpt a tauntaun out of foam and garnishes it with synthetic skin and for great big gobs of grouping grimy Taunton.

  • Meanwhile, Jamie crafts artificial organs to react in a realistic manner.

  • Yeah, they went all out for this one.

  • In their estimation, Luke would have died of hypothermia.

  • After reaching an internal temperature of 82 degrees, they ended up deeming the myth plausible.

  • As Thermo Boy on Lee dropped 92 degrees.

  • Number 13 having a car with an elevator.

  • Seth Rogan's oft forgotten The Green Hornet contains a wickedly entertaining but ridiculously a logical seen Theo.

  • Characters drive the front half of a car after shearing off the back with an elevator.

  • Myth was immediately busted when the build teams car was crushed.

  • A ceiling level.

  • We have to shoot this car with the hopes that we weaken the structural integrity that will give us the best chance of cutting this current half with an elevator.

  • However, guest star Seth Rogan declared that Black Beauty had some modifications, including a self splitting mechanism and a reserve fuel tank under the hood.

  • Dr.

  • From Real Joy.

  • Thes modifications were taken into account.

  • The team discovered that it was in fact, possible to drive the front half of the car and doing it on the dirt road.

  • We figured it would be a little bit safer, so if it did go out of control, there wouldn't be too much damage.

  • This myth was super entertaining to watch.

  • It had a fantastic guests store, and it contained a rather surprising outcome.

  • What's not to love?

  • Number 12 are elephants afraid of mice.

  • We love mythbusters for the variety of content.

  • It contains.

  • Sometimes they do grant movie men's.

  • Sometimes they do practical myths for everyday purposes.

  • And sometimes they test weird bits of supposed information that have you asking Wait, is that actually true?

  • We've brought a bucket full of mice.

  • I understand you have some elephants.

  • We've always heard that elephants are afraid of mice, but we never knew if the statement had any truth to it.

  • Well, it does sort of.

  • To test the myth, the Mythbusters traveled to a reserve in Africa and flipped elephant dung to reveal a mouse underneath.

  • And we're hoping that the elephants will come through here on their way to the food at the right moment, will roll over the ball of dung, release the mouse and see what happens.

  • They eventually deemed the myth plausible as the elephants avoided the mouse but never panicked in a fearful, war.

  • Exaggerated manner in what must be the most easy to anticipate outcome in mythbusters history.

  • But this is crazy as it seems the elephant backs away.

  • The Mythbusters like me, are flabbergasted.

  • Number 11 escaping a sinking car.

  • Talk about practical.

  • Knowing how to escape from a sinking car may just save your life one day, and it's a great piece of information to store in the memory bank.

  • I'm gonna try to start opening this store the moment I see the water get above my glass.

  • Now, if the myth is true, I won't be able to open that door until the water level inside the car gets to the same point.

  • The Mythbusters devoted an entire episode, commits surrounding sinking cars, and the results were both horrifying to watch and incredibly helpful.

  • When the pressure ultimately equalizes, he opens the door and swims to the surface.

  • But it was too late.

  • Adam busts various myths.

  • You can't manually roll the window down after being submerged, and you can't break it with a set of keys.

  • But he also confirmed a few important bits of knowledge.

  • You can escape the car immediately upon impact with the water.

  • When the water is up to your waist and when the interior of the car is completely flooded, you can also use a window breaking hammer.

  • We suggest buying one.

  • They try the underwater emergency hammer first.

  • Oh, number 10 bifurcated boat.

  • Is it possible for a boat to be split clean down the middle after hitting a channel marker.

  • It's an exciting question, but it's even more exciting to see attested build.

  • Team first tested this myth in Episode 77 found it easily busted.

  • Thief.

  • However, the fans weren't having this result and demanded that they test the myth on water instead of on land, they placed a wooden channel marker in a lake and steered a boat directly into it.

  • Surprisingly, it was the channel marker that split in half, not the boat pillar down.

  • That was the wrong thing to split.

  • The boat itself actually sustained very little damage.

  • The myth was sunk once and for all, albeit in a very fun and destructive manner.

  • Important that shocking split second impact.

  • The tables on this myth Theo Marker, Bifurcated and the minute he split refused to live up to its name.

  • Once again, Number nine.

  • Shooting a hat off someone's head.

  • You may have seen it in Western movies or video games.

  • One character draws their gun with lightning speed and shoots a cowboy hat off someone else's head are Hollywood hard guys use handguns, so Adam and Jamie select an 18 60 Army Colt revolver that doesn't work.

  • Try a Winchester Lever action rifle.

  • It's a funny visual, but is there any truth to it?

  • Unfortunately, not.

  • Midst testing is fun to watch, though, particularly for the interesting period weapons.

  • It also had a hilarious result.

  • Not only that the hat not fly off the dummy's head, it barely even budged.

  • One shot.

  • But those rims hardly bunch, and the reason is simple, and it strikes the hat.

  • A small projectile traveling at around 1000 feet per second doesn't encounter enough resistance.

  • Pistol and rifle bullets do not transfer enough energy to move a hat.

  • Deciding to be funny.

  • The Mythbusters blue the hat off the dummy head with a shotgun, and it worked, but it also killed the dummy.

  • Now that's more like what we see on the silver screen.

  • Myth.

  • Questionable busted Number eight.

  • Motorcycle on water.