Mythbusters Season 7, Ep. 18 "Myth Evolution"

On this episode of MythBusters, it's an evolution revolution as the team takes five fan favorites and focuses on a fascinating new facet for each.
  • Runtime: 43 minutes
  • Original air date: October 28, 2009
  • Network: Discovery Channel
 
 
 
 

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4. YouTube Special
  April 29, 2009
On this all-viral episode of Mythbusters, the team puts the most requested YouTube myths to the test. They size up a smash web-hit about a giant ball of Lego and discover the explosive power of match heads.
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  May 6, 2009
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6. Exploding Bumper
  April 16, 2009
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7. Seesaw Saga
  May 20, 2009
On this high-flying episode of Mythbusters, the whole team tackles one massive and improbable myth from the fan site: could a skydiver whose parachute failed to open hit a playground see-saw and send a small girl flying seven stories high?
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8. Thermite vs. Ice
  May 27, 2009
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9. Prison Escape
  June 3, 2009
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Button up your bullet-proof vest and gear up your ears because on this episode of Mythbusters there are guns galore and sonic booms aplenty!
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12. Knock Your Socks Off
  July 12, 2009
It's an episode of scientific genius with punching, pummelling, and explosive action! Adam and Jamie test the classic physics textbook theory Bullet Dropped vs. Bullet Fired. Kari, Grant and Tory test if it is ever possible to knock someone's socks off.
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  October 21, 2009
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  October 28, 2009
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  November 5, 2009
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On this episode of MythBusters, it's an evolution revolution as the team takes five fan favorites and focuses on a fascinating new facet for each.
 
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Episode 18, "Myth Evolution"
Synopsis: On this episode of MythBusters, it's an evolution revolution as the team takes five fan favorites and focuses on a fascinating new facet for each.
Original air date: October 28, 2009
Runtime: 43 minutes
ASIN: B002XS85UY
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #90,087 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
MythBusters Season 7
Synopsis: Each episode, the MythBusters, Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, two special effects experts whith over 30 years experience between them, methodically set out to bust three urban legends. And they don't just explain if something's true or false: through trial and error, they demonstrate it. Sometimes they crash things; sometimes they blow things up--all in the name of science.
Season year: 2010
Network: Discovery Channel
ASIN: B00266MPF4
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