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MythBusters is a science entertainment television program created and produced by Australia's Beyond Television Productions for the Discovery Channel. The show's hosts, special effects experts...
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Season 1

  • Jet-Assisted Chevy
    7.2/10300 votes
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    Jet-Assisted Chevy

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/23/2003

    Can a '67 Chevy turn into a 350-mile-per-hour road warrior? Are Pop Rocks candy and soda a recipe for disaster?

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  • Biscuit Bazooka
    7.2/10250 votes
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    Biscuit Bazooka

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/23/2003

    Can a person get stuck to an airline toilet while it's in flight? Is there such a thing as a biscuit bazooka?

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  • Poppy-Seed Drug Test
    7.5/10230 votes
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    Poppy-Seed Drug Test

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/7/2003

    Can a poppy-seed bagel tilt the results of a drug test? Can balloons carry a lawn chair? If you cover your body in gold paint, will you be able to breathe? Or could you die from it?

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  • Exploding Toilet
    7.4/10264 votes
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    Exploding Toilet

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/23/2003

    Can you explode a toilet by flushing flammables down the bowl then lighting a match? Do you get wetter running or walking in the rain? Can you really make a "magic bullet" that will not leave evidence behind in its victim?

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  • Cell Phone Destroys Gas Station
    7.4/10256 votes
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    Cell Phone Destroys Gas Station

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/3/2003

    Can chatting on a cell phone while pumping gas cause the pump to blow up? Will silicone breast implants burst under pressure? Can high-speed CD-ROM players really shatter a CD?

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  • Barrel of Bricks
    7.4/10254 votes
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    Barrel of Bricks

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/10/2003

    Is it dangerous to pee on the electrified third rail of a train track? Can an eel-skin wallet erase the information on your credit cards? Can a 500-pound barrel of bricks really hit the pulley holder?

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  • Penny Drop
    7.4/10228 votes
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    Penny Drop

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/17/2003

    Can a penny dropped from a skyscraper kill a person below? Is it possible to "bake yourself" on a tanning bed? Did Lucille Ball expose a spy ring by hearing radio signals from her tooth fillings?

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  • Buried Alive
    7.5/10227 votes
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    Buried Alive

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/24/2003

    Could a person survive a leap from a bridge by throwing a hammer in the water first? Is it possible to survive being buried alive? Can cola really remove bloodstains, clean rust or cook a steak?

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  • Lightning Strikes/Tongue Piercing
    7.5/10216 votes
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    Lightning Strikes/Tongue Piercing

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/7/2003

    Is it possible to make a cannon out of a tree? Could a drunk person really fool a Breathalyzer test? Can Adam's tongue piercing withstand the electric force of a lightning bolt?

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  • Stinky Car
    7.4/10214 votes
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    Stinky Car

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/5/2003

    Is the myth of the stinky car true? Is the "raccoon in the drain" myth true? Will our MythBusters become human cannonballs?

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  • Alcatraz Escape
    8.0/10230 votes
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    Alcatraz Escape

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/12/2003

    Could prisoners really have escaped Alcatraz without a trace? Does a duck's quack echo? Can a stud finder really prove if human beings have been guinea pigs in mind-control experiments.

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