basher Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 Post your myths that you've heard and see if the forum can help enlighten weather there true of false. Or if you know the answer post it up aswell. This ones from myth busters. Filling a football with helium doesnt make the ball have anymore hang time or go further. I was told never to swallow chewing gum because it takes years for your stomach to digest. True or false does anyone no the actual answer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stig Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbust...ythbusters.html You can see some of there stuff on youtube Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroMatt Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 Will the plane take off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrix Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 Can men have babies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish-Finger-er Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 I was told never to swallow chewing gum because it takes years for your stomach to digest. True or false does anyone no the actual answer? thhnk the actual number they always say is 7, but its in fact bollox, according to someone or other something that small will pass through your digestive system relatively quickly and easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nick Riviera Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 thhnk the actual number they always say is 7, but its in fact bollox, according to someone or other something that small will pass through your digestive system relatively quickly and easily. Passes through no slower than anything else, it just won't break down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 kristianerty lulz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Kearns Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 When cows sit down, it means its gonna rain...so i've been told. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 When cows sit down, it means its gonna rain...so i've been told. Lies. Cows sit down because they're fat, lazy bastards. They're also stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeNNy Posted May 31, 2008 Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 Can men have babies? LULZ I know "he" was originally a woman but still.. lulululul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben John-Hynes Posted May 31, 2008 Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 Lies. Cows sit down because they're fat, lazy bastards. They're also stupid. Nice technical input there LOL A banana is a herb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*PHIL* Posted May 31, 2008 Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 mythbusters is sometimes wrong. the brown note one where they say they busted it, is actual science fact, and has similar devices have been used as weapons. they were just doing it wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bondy Posted May 31, 2008 Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 (edited) If you shot a gun up in the air, would the bullet kill you if it hit you on the way down If you masturbate too much you will go blind Edited May 31, 2008 by Bondy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Has anyone seen my shoe? Posted May 31, 2008 Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 The bullet one would kill you as much as anything else falling at speed, probably less then a lot more objects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted May 31, 2008 Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 (edited) If you shot a gun up in the air, would the bullet kill you if it hit you on the way down Thing about that is, the bullet would go up, likely hit crosswinds, and be blown off course, so when it's gone high enough to lose its speed, it will fall back down, reaching a similar speed, but you would be incredibly unlucky to be hit by it because it would never come back down in the same place. That said, you might shoot it, wait, think, f**k this its not coming back down, walk off and then it land on your head. If you masturbate too much you will have a sore dick and no jizz. Edited May 31, 2008 by Revolver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted May 31, 2008 Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 kristianerty lulz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted May 31, 2008 Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 If you shot a gun up in the air, would the bullet kill you if it hit you on the way down If you masturbate too much you will go blind Only time i've seen anyone hit with their own bullet by chance was this... Youtube Video ->Original Video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haz Posted May 31, 2008 Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 The bullet one would kill you as much as anything else falling at speed, probably less then a lot more objects. Denied. Terminal velocity of a falling bullet is different to the velocity of a bullet fired from a gun. After it stops and turns, no matter how much it's spinning from the gun's rifling, it will tumble, slowing it down. It will never pick up the speed it had as it left the gun's barrel. As it's so light, it won't have anywhere near enough momentum to do damage enough to kill a person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted May 31, 2008 Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 Denied. Terminal velocity of a falling bullet is different to the velocity of a bullet fired from a gun. After it stops and turns, no matter how much it's spinning from the gun's rifling, it will tumble, slowing it down. It will never pick up the speed it had as it left the gun's barrel. As it's so light, it won't have anywhere near enough momentum to do damage enough to kill a person. Depends on the bullet. If its something like a .50 calbire bullet its got more weight than a penny coin, which can kill you if dropped from the empire state building etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haz Posted May 31, 2008 Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 Depends on the bullet. If its something like a .50 calbire bullet its got more weight than a penny coin, which can kill you if dropped from the empire state building etc. That's not true, either. Terminal velocity is just too slow. A 9mm bullet weighs about 0.03kg, and travels at 900 meters per second. It has a momentum of 27 kg m/s, which is quite a bit. That's about triple the weight of a penny, which I will say weighs about 0.01kg, meaning it would need to be traveling at 2700m/s to have the same momentum. Which is 6000 miles an hour. Even if you half that, that's 3000mph. The Empire State is 381 meters tall, so if the penny is dropped from the top, accelerating at 9.8m/s, when it hits the ground, it will be traveling about 84 meters per second (190mph). Which leaves it about 16 times too slow to do half the damage of a bullet, before we even look at wind resistance... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamWood! Posted May 31, 2008 Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 Walking over 3 drain covers that are next to each other is unlucky, true or false? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted May 31, 2008 Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 That's not true, either. Terminal velocity is just too slow. A 9mm bullet weighs about 0.03kg, and travels at 900 meters per second. It has a momentum of 27 kg m/s, which is quite a bit. That's about triple the weight of a penny, which I will say weighs about 0.01kg, meaning it would need to be traveling at 2700m/s to have the same momentum. Which is 6000 miles an hour. Even if you half that, that's 3000mph. The Empire State is 381 meters tall, so if the penny is dropped from the top, accelerating at 9.8m/s, when it hits the ground, it will be traveling about 84 meters per second (190mph). Which leaves it about 16 times too slow to do half the damage of a bullet, before we even look at wind resistance... What about if the person it hit was looking up at the time and it went in their eye, or it got lodged in their windpipe because they had their mouth open Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haz Posted May 31, 2008 Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 If it went in their eye, they'd be blind in that eye at best. If it got lodged in their throats, well, Darwin's Theory of Evolution continues to show a great deal of promise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikeriding Posted May 31, 2008 Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 (edited) Walking over 3 drain covers that are next to each other is unlucky, true or false? yeah, unless you spit on a wall then touch it 12 times good luck Edited May 31, 2008 by jebend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James-M Posted May 31, 2008 Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 (edited) "and a typical 150 g bullet travelling in the downward vertical direction which is returning to earth having been fired upwards or perhaps just dropped from a tower, which has a terminal velocity of about 300 feet per second (90 m/s) according to a 1920 U.S. Army Ordnance study[3]." Found that on Wiki. So it appears the Terminal Velocity for the bullet is more than anything else =/ Edited May 31, 2008 by James-M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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