Mythbusters

This week on Mythbusters they did something a little different. Fans emailed them complaining that some myths they tested earlier in the season were flawed and explained what they could have done to retry and re bust or confirm the myths. First myth they retested was the Sniper myth in which a Vietnamese and an American sniper were trying to take one another out. Supposedly the American shot the Vietnamese through the scope and straight into his eye killing him. When previously tested the myth was presumed busted however complaints that they were using the wrong type of scope that the Vietnamese had and wrong type of firearm the American had. The Mythbusters retry the myth and come to a almost similar conclusion the only bullet that penetrated all the glass and went into the dummies skull was an armor piercing bullet which generally snipers didn't have however they still decided to call it plausible instead of busted. Next myth was if two hammers collided would they explode originally they called it busted fans argued that they can't use new hammers because the myth was from back in the day. One fan a blacksmith sent them old tempered pre-WWII hammers and they used a rig to continuously slam them into one another. The most that happened was a few chips came off of one hammer. It didnt explode like the myth is said however the fragments could be deadly it was busted though. Mythbusters is an amazing show it shows the physics of everyday life and I just love how crazy some myths can be. It's as if the simplest myth they can make fun. It's important to everyday life some of these myths are cost saving when it comes to fuel economy and some are about saftey issues. They are wide ranging yet all intresting.