Today’s only recording is Mythbusters – Peeing on the Third Rail. This is actually an episode revisiting lots of previous myths. The first one is whether covering your body with gold paint would kill you by overheating. This time it’s Adam who has to get painted. Rather than peeing on a third rail, they investigate whether peeing on an electric fence can shock you. They do more testing on whether a mobile phone ringing can cause an explosion or fire at a petrol pump. They retest the Ice Bullet myth. The exploding breast implants myth. They see what it takes to break a bridge. They retest the Chicken Gun myth – whether there’s any difference between frozen and thawed chickens when they’re used to fire them at aircraft windshields. Adam didn’t think there would be any difference, Jamie thought the frozen ones would cause more damage. In the end, Adam had to admit he was wrong. The description here is not for this episode, it looks like it’s from the original third rail episode. Media…
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