MythBusters Episode 41: "Compact Compact, Vodka Myths"
Air Date: November 2, 2005
Two semi trucks that collided head-on welded together due to the accident. After being towed as a whole to the junkyard, workers were shocked to discover that the semis trapped a European compact car and its doomed driver between each other.
busted
After obtaining two free semi trucks, their trailers, and a European sports car (a Fiat X1/9) from a fan, the Mythbusters rigged up the two semis to crash. After several mishaps and numerous technical problems, they manage to crash both semis and car, but one semi made it to the car earlier than the other semi, sending the car ricocheting to the side. The crash never "fused" together, instead resulting in a horrific mess of glass, metal, and fiberglass.
Vodka can clean the odor off feet.
confirmed
Comparison of a commercial foot powder wash vs. a Vodka wash showed that the odor was eliminated on both feet.
Vodka can kill bad breath.
confirmed
After a mixture of 1 cup Vodka and 9 tbsp of cinnamon powder was left to sit for two weeks in a sealed flask and then strained. It managed to eliminate most odors on par with an over-the-counter mouthwash. The only bad breath smell not eliminated was from smoking cigarettes.
Does it remove alcohol off the breath??? (Sick sort of joke, really. Not even funny.)
June 26, 2007 at 10:00 AMCompact and Compact was totally cool! Even though the myth was busted!
June 29, 2007 at 11:01 PMThat guy actually gave up his car!
Cool!
i don’t think that the vodka mouth wash myth worked like you wanted it to be cause mouth wash only works in you mouth you dont swallow it. you inhale cigarettes so maybe thats why it didn’t work?
July 16, 2007 at 6:18 PMJust an idea unrelated to the myths, stick a ten pack of dvd’s in a microwave for a minute or so on high.
August 18, 2007 at 11:32 PMnote- do not do the dvd thing at home(in a secure environment maybe, but still…
August 18, 2007 at 11:33 PMMy grand-father told me a story once about vodka. A good myth that is… When you drink it… You’lle get drunk hahaha.
December 10, 2007 at 4:00 AMI would like to say that I do not feel fully convinced that tha Compact and Compact myth was busted. 35 miles is not much, what are the possibilities of 2 semi’s going so slow on the same road? Be more likely that 2 semi’s could make contact on a freeway going at a much higher speed. Also just another thought, what if the heat of the engine contributed to the fusing or welding of the two semi’s? still so many possibilities I think. But again im no scientist, I hope what I have said makes sense and is taken into consideration. Thank you!!! :)
January 13, 2008 at 12:10 AMha ha ha we like vodka!! So does our teachwer that is why she is makeing us do this stupid project!!!
January 31, 2008 at 1:55 PMSee this minivan is sqaushed between two trucks here in the netherlans on the 2-25-08.
This you could try out in your program.
Minivan is hit at the back end by a semitruck and moved to another semitruck in front of the minivan that was stationerie on the hyway because there was traffic jam
My regards
February 26, 2008 at 6:43 AMSeen compact on compact show, and being a safety co-ordinator in Canada saw 2 semis rearend eachother on Hwy 401, car in middle. The vehicles did weld together, with car in between. Torches were needed to seperate them.
April 4, 2008 at 3:03 PM