2010 Season
| No. in series | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Overall episode No. |
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| 137 | 1 | "Boomerang Bullet" | January 4, 2010 (2010-01-04) | 151 |
| Myths tested: Can you accidentally kill yourself with a bullet that ricochets off three walls? Could a medieval army have used trees to catapult dead bodies over a castle wall? |
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| 138 | 2 | "Soda Cup Killer" | March 24, 2010 (2010-03-24) | 152 |
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| 139 | 3 | "Dive to Survive" | March 31, 2010 (2010-03-31) | 153 |
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| 140 | 4 | "Spy Car Escape" | April 7, 2010 (2010-04-07) | 154 |
| Myths tested: Can an object fired backward from a vehicle moving forward simply fall to the ground? Do the movie spy car tricks to escape a chasing car work? |
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| 141 | 5 | "Bottle Bash" | April 14, 2010 (2010-04-14) | 155 |
| Myths tested: What's worse, having an empty beer bottle smashed over your head, or a full one? Could ancient armies have used animal hides to build their cannons? |
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| 142 | 6 | "No Pain, No Gain" | April 28, 2010 (2010-04-28) | 156 |
| Myths tested: Are some types of people more tolerant to pain? Can a BBQ propane tank heat up enough in a fire to launch through a garage roof like a rocket? |
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| 143 | 7 | "Mythssion Control" | May 5, 2010 (2010-05-05) | 157 |
| Myths tested: Revisit for "Knock Your Socks Off" and "Compact Compact". |
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| 144 | 8 | "Duct Tape Hour 2" | May 12, 2010 (2010-05-12) | 158 |
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| 145 | 9 | "Waterslide Wipeout" | May 19, 2010 (2010-05-19) | 159 |
| Myths tested: Can a person be launched 115 feet into a kiddie pool from a giant waterslide? Can a mail delivery truck taking only right turns save gas? |
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| 146 | 10 | "Fireball Stun Gun" | June 2, 2010 (2010-06-02) | 160 |
| Myths tested: Does pepper spray + flannel shirt + stun gun = massive fireball, per CSI? Can fireworks really launch a person over a lake? |
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| 147 | 11 | "Flu Fiction" | June 9, 2010 (2010-06-09) | 161 |
| Myths tested: Jamie, Adam, Kari, Grant and Tory take on snot and sneezes. Can you be decapitated by a tornado? |
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| SP13 | Special 1 | "MythBusters Top 25 Moments" | June 16, 2010 (2010-06-16) | 162 |
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| SP14 | Special 2 | "Car Conundrum" | June 23, 2010 (2010-06-23) | 163 |
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| 148 | 12 | "Hair of the Dog" | October 6, 2010 (2010-10-06) | 164 |
| Myths tested: Can an escaped convict really outsmart and outrun his pursuers? (Revisit of 2007's "Fool the Bloodhound" myth) Is it possible to fool a dog trained to sniff out contraband? |
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| 149 | 13 | "Storm Chasing Myths" | October 13, 2010 (2010-10-13) | 165 |
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| 150 | 14 | "Cold Feet" | October 20, 2010 (2010-10-20) | 166 |
| Myths tested: When you get Cold Feet, do you really get cold feet? When the poop hits the fan, does everyone get covered in the ensuing chaos? |
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| 151 | 15 | "Tablecloth Chaos" | October 27, 2010 (2010-10-27) | 167 |
| Myths tested: Can a motorcycle pull a tablecloth out from under a setting for a banquet? Do humans really only use 10% of their brain? |
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| 152 | 16 | "Arrow Machine Gun" | November 3, 2010 (2010-11-03) (US) October 25, 2010 (2010-10-25) (UK) |
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| Myths tested: Did the Greeks create an arrow machine gun that offered the speed, distance and precision that modern machine guns do? Is driving while tired as bad as — or worse than — driving while tipsy? |
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| 153 | 17 | "Mini Myth Madness" | November 10, 2010 (2010-11-10) | 169 |
| Myths tested: Can a scuba diver wear a tuxedo underneath his drysuit, go underwater, resurface, strip off his scuba gear, and be able to present the tuxedo perfectly? Can a car's tire pressure affect its fuel efficiency? Can a laptop stop a bullet from point-blank range? Can a hair weave stop a .40 caliber bullet? Can a fridge door stop a round of 9mm bullets? Out of using your elbow, using your hand, and using a handkerchief to cover your mouth when you sneeze, which is the best way to limit the spread of germs? Is it easy to take candy from a baby? Can a bottle of beer, when given a sudden shock, turn from a liquid and freeze into a solid? |
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| 154 | 18 | "Reverse Engineering" | November 17, 2010 (2010-11-17) (US) November 8, 2010 (2010-11-08) (UK) |
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| Myths tested: Does a certain '70s sports car become more aerodynamic if the body is turned backwards? A myth from the movie Lethal Weapon 2 is tested: Can a surfboard be launched through the windscreen of a car, and still be lethal? |
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| 155 | 19 | "Inverted Underwater Car" | November 24, 2010 (2010-11-24) | 171 |
| Myths tested: If a car flips upside down as it sinks, will the driver be able to escape? (Revisit of "Underwater Car" from 2007.) Can a carton of milk keep a pistol's muzzle flash from igniting a room full of flammable gas? |
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| 156 | 20 | "Bug Special" | December 1, 2010 (2010-12-01) | 172 |
| Myths tested: Can honey bees lift a laptop? Can hitting a bug at high speeds on a motorcycle be fatal? Can hanging a bag of water repel flies? |
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| 157 | 21 | "President's Challenge" | December 8, 2010 (2010-12-08) | 173 |
| Myths tested: President Obama challenges Adam and Jamie to revisit the Ancient Death Ray myth (Ancient Death Ray) originally aired September 29, 2004. A myth from the film Hellboy is tested: Is it possible to make a moving SUV flip end-over-end by punching down on the hood? |
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| 158 | 22 | "Green Hornet Special" | December 15, 2010 (2010-12-15) | 174 |
| Myths tested: Seth Rogen challenges the cast to replicate two scenes from his film The Green Hornet. Can a buried car use onboard explosives to blast a bulldozer out of the way without injuring the passengers? If a bullet-riddled car gets stuck in a rising elevator, will the ceiling cut it in half and can the front end be driven away? |
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| 159 | 23 | "Operation Valkyrie" | December 22, 2010 (2010-12-22) | 175 |
| Myths tested: Did Adolf Hitler survive Operation Valkyrie only because he was in a conference room instead of an underground bunker? Can you literally knock some sense into a person by slapping them? |
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