Lego Ball Myth: 5M Bricks Tested! - Mythbusters - S05 EP17

Lego Ball Myth: 5M Bricks Tested! - Mythbusters - S05 EP17 - Science Documentary

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5 ай бұрын

Witness MythBusters' explosive journey as they tackle three viral video myths. From igniting a colossal Lego ball made of 5 million bricks to unleashing a fiery spectacle with 30,000 match heads and pushing a car tyre to its limits to see if it can catch fire through a burnout. Join Adam, Jamie, Tori, Grant, and Carrie as they dive into the thrilling world of internet challenges, putting these myths to the ultimate test at the Alameda County Sheriff's bombing range. Watch the sparks fly and myths get confirmed or busted in this action-packed episode!
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@diapason89 5 ай бұрын

"You guys have waaay too much time on your hands." Yep. Sums them up well. 😅

@plusplusplusplusp 5 ай бұрын

Now I can't stop thinking about how tedious it would have been to break each and every brick of Lego apart after the Lego ball failure

@jurgenbuntinx1 5 ай бұрын

When in doubt, use C4

@kikixchannel 5 ай бұрын

@@jurgenbuntinx1 Those bricks were actually lent to them, so C4 is out of the question. I mean, it's to be expected that some hundredths or thousandths of them would be worse for wear, but come on.

@doowappable 5 ай бұрын

At 1:55 , those airplane conspiracists did multiply a lot

@charleediaven6278 5 ай бұрын

When I was 11 in 1957 I cut the heads off of wooden strike anywhere matches. I wanted to build a rocket. I packed the match heads in a tin 35 mm film can, and glued the can shut. I had pierced the end, and inserted a fuse from a fire cracker. Since it was a test run I had not completed the rocket. I taped it to a stick with paper clips to hang it on fishing line. The plan was to fire it out my 2nd story bedroom window down to a tree in the yard. All set to go I lit it. The fuse burned into the can and pooom hundreds of tiny flaming match heads all over the place and me beating them out. I saved the room but it was dotted with burn marks from each wooden match head. I got my assed beat for that one, but my experimentation continued.

@forestgremlinfpv7732 4 ай бұрын

Did you ever end up with a rocket?

@charleediaven6278 4 ай бұрын

Sure as and adult. I built one that went supersonic. Sport rocketry, I also lived within a couple of hours of Wallops island and watched many launches of sounding rockets. As a kid we had co2 cartridges and Este brand motors. I will always remember my first home made. Although Elon is wrong. Trial and error for rocket design is dumbassery. LOL@@forestgremlinfpv7732

@rogerguiltyforbes8291 4 ай бұрын

@@forestgremlinfpv7732He did and it was glorious he's gone now lost somewhere up in the stars. He didnt have enough matches to get back

@charleediaven6278 4 ай бұрын

Lots of rockets, one broke the speed of sound, in 2014. It was tiny with a big engine.@@forestgremlinfpv7732

@killerbyte7252 Ай бұрын

This is my favorite KZfaq comment this year

@tfrowlett8752 5 ай бұрын

For the burnout fire myth, I think the car wasn’t powerful enough, I’ve seen tyres catch fire before with my own eyes, but those cars are over 1000hp.

@assassinteddy1351 5 ай бұрын

Was just going to say i watched a video from Cletus where neighbor's rear tire caught fire but didn't pop

@HA05GER 5 ай бұрын

I think a cheap hardwaring Chinese tyre that is essentially plastic would of worked better

@achtungpanz3r887 4 ай бұрын

I've seen it with a 115hp old volvo brick, the burnout was on a lift tho so the wheel spinned around 150km/h lol

@surferdude4487 4 ай бұрын

I've seen an AMC Gremlin start a tire on fire. It had damaged rear suspension so one tire was not weighted as much as the other. The engine was a 360 with a big carb, a big cam and headers. The tires did not catch on fire every time, but they did once and it was pretty scary. Oh yeah, the tires were Firestone 721s, you know, the ones that were recalled for structural issues.

@psychosis7325 5 ай бұрын

Laughs in Australian Burnout Cars 🤣 Wow that was sad, even Mum rips a better skid.

@sparraAus 5 ай бұрын

In her nissan poosar, reverse mainies brah

@psychosis7325 5 ай бұрын

@@sparraAus LOL, Yeah Nah 😅 Grandad was a Detroit Diesel/GM mechanic so Mum drove a 5L VL in the day and taught me to do skids in an XF straight 6 auto and a manuel Gemini that was built for hillclimb👌 also taught me a bit about ignition and valve timing and stuff, got me on my way to my automotive certificates many years ago.

@psychosis7325 5 ай бұрын

@@sparraAus oh, I should add she done that and I brought a Mighty Boy for my first ride 🤣👌 mate had the SR20 poosar so was definitely some fully sick skids done and maccas plates tucked up hoodies 😁 but they're on me.

@neesan9962 4 ай бұрын

@@sparraAusain’t nothing wrong with a buzz box pulsar. Good bit of fun 😏 especially if you happen to live bush.

@cdion78 4 ай бұрын

@@psychosis7325 Mexican Gemini? 😂

@manusb6441 5 ай бұрын

Nowadays some cars have so much horse power and torque that the tire catch fire, which is definitely plausible. Happened so many times since the Mythbusters.

@BCFab 5 ай бұрын

100000% agree. You need over 100mph wheel speed and way more torque. Seen it in person.

@pibyte 5 ай бұрын

@@BCFabYou know it is getting scientific when people refer to anecdotes and 100000 units of percent.

@cdion78 4 ай бұрын

@@pibyte lookup Kranky

@CharlesBronson-uv3dq 2 ай бұрын

@@pibyte 1000 per mille true.

@AndyHack10 5 ай бұрын

Just yesterday i was looking for this very episode, but only found a rather old upload of it on youtube. Quite odd seeing this got uploaded just a few hours after 😅

@RenatoSantino 4 ай бұрын

46:40 a cannonball missing the target and going uphill out of control is foreshadowing for something thatwould end up happening a few years later with catastrophic results

@Ellerion2 5 ай бұрын

I'd say the lego ball myth lacked some superglue...

@scotishpatriot 5 ай бұрын

Like a rocket engine is a good comparison. I as a science teacher use matches to teach pupils how rockets work. I let them build mini rockets out of matches, aluminium foil and paper clips as starting ramps. It is always fun and interesting, because my pupils always are able to build rockets that are more effective than I thought.

@tomleake8227 5 ай бұрын

A tires auto-ignition temp is about 600 degrees C as I learnt in the rural fire service. It's why we spray the wheels in a burnover because otherwise, the tires catch fire even without flames touching it, just from the radiant heat. Edit: as they said, 300 degrees C is the flame contact ignition point. Auto ignition is the temperature where it will catch fire with no external help. I.e. no spark or flame, etc... it's not going to light at 300 degrees C without help. Further edit: I want to try a billion match heads, I think the results would be a small nuke in size.

@senshi-knives 5 ай бұрын

regarding the burnout myth: I think the smoke displaces the oxygen so the gasoline didn't ignite. Also I think they could have gotten their heat source to ignite the rubber from continuing the burnout on the rim and get it red hot.

@BeatFiction 5 ай бұрын

thank god the VW Scirocco survived! 😮‍💨

@S3IIL3CT 4 ай бұрын

dude that lego ball was terribly connected while it wouldve taken many hours to connect it a lot better, it sure would have held together way longer.

@EkkoMr 3 ай бұрын

also the lego ball in the YT video was clearly not real ^^

@zersunlight2393 6 күн бұрын

well the should have come to Australia its not a real burnout till there is fire haha

@LaraCroftCP 5 ай бұрын

@19:11 Thats really cool boots!!!

@myhellkiller666xp 4 ай бұрын

leggo problem one the squares on the vidio was actualy larger and likly was glued together

@TheMatthooks 5 ай бұрын

Should try and use the match heads as a firearm propellant. I've seen people use them, powdered, to recycle primers (it has to be the non safety, strike anywhere kind) but wonder if it could be used as a propellant too. Might have to drag the reloading kit out and test it myself...

@yrtracingteam106 4 ай бұрын

And no one tried to contact the match factory to ask if they could make/ sell tips only? 🤷🏻‍♂️

@ekisauruslux6795 5 ай бұрын

i would love to have those garbage bags full of small well cut wood

@lassebauer 5 ай бұрын

That "Lego Master Builder" is now living off the grid somewhere in Bolivia 😂

@SampullMC Ай бұрын

1:56 ...that one didn't age quite so well

@toddbob644 5 ай бұрын

Just a heads up, Cleetus McFarland got many tires to ignite using his exhaust alone... Just point the exhaust pipes towards the tires and you'll have yourself a "fire" burnout...

@toddbob644 5 ай бұрын

@@hnojic 😱 *gasp*

@HULLGRAFFITI 5 ай бұрын

KZfaq ? That was just a fad

@triv1 5 ай бұрын

KZfaq, however!

@uk1589 5 ай бұрын

Again audio issues. Is it because it was on discovery channel and this is pirated?

@DANGERTIM112 5 ай бұрын

This is not pirated, Banijay scienece bought the rights to Mythbusters some years ago, its porbally because of old episodes on analog tv's being in mono-mix

@Trialwolf 5 ай бұрын

@@DANGERTIM112 Could you expand on this please? Just curious as all the episodes are from season's 4-6 and I have seen these episodes being uploaded by other KZfaq channels and the same seasons are also available on streaming services like Amazon Prime. I tried looking into it but found nothing so did Discovery just make these episodes easy/inexpensive to license in hopes more seasons get picked up?

@Xiaotian_Guan 5 ай бұрын

Just looked up on Wiki. Turns out Banijay S.A. bought Beyond International, the production company behind Mythbusters, in 2022. Though this doesn't explain why the audio is all messed up, and why the season & episodes number are all jumbled.

@BadwolfFPV 5 ай бұрын

Google banjay media they own the rights.

@Trialwolf 5 ай бұрын

Thanks, odd that never came up when I first searched about this. Still curious why only seasons 4-6 are showing up on other KZfaq channels and streaming sites.

@ChristopherAdams-tl3me Ай бұрын

How much time does it take before you become unconscious from the cold

@This_is_not_how_it_works 5 ай бұрын

I'd bet there are still some lego pieces could be found there

@matildastanford7019 3 ай бұрын

Now l really want to see what a metric ton of match head material does.

@XGuarden1 5 ай бұрын

I wished they do a full bowling game using canon will be handsome

@milandavid7223 4 ай бұрын

I think putting a buch of weight in the trunk of the car would have increased the heat of friction.

@kingeris1657 5 ай бұрын

33:19. So much for where there’s smoke there fire

@deadcentre6926 2 ай бұрын

easy to set tires on fire with a burnout ..steel belted .all theburnout contests have cars on fire at the rear wheels .

@davidpaulsonny3876 5 ай бұрын

I make tennis balls full of sparkler dust and it does the same

@HA05GER 5 ай бұрын

Should of used the kragle on the lego ball.

@kentabenno 5 ай бұрын

who on earth pays 10 bucks for a mini-jack? tori's been scammed!

@change_your_oil_regularly4287 5 ай бұрын

paper plate speaker? who the hell would believe this would work?! Edit: I'm pretty sure summernats has seen many a tyre fire

@diffrntlytwistd7442 5 ай бұрын

i feel cringy watching them handle those match heads ... back in the '70's my Junior Achievement group made coffee table gifts consisting of 4 small boxes of strike anywhere matches (and 2 plastic bathroom tiles and a christmas ribbon on top) . Our JA "company" had to declare bankruptcy because lady said she tossed the gift back onto her coffee table and it ignited and burned up her livingroom.

@xcoder1122 5 ай бұрын

The video claims that potassium chlorate is used in gun powder, but to my knowledge it isn't. Potassium nitrate is used in traditional gun power (black powder). Potassium chlorate has been used in firearms percussion caps (primers) to ignite gun powder. Modern gun power, aka smokeless powder, may contain potassium chloride (not chlorate) but only as a flash reducer but what actually drives modern gun power is (to quote from Wikipedia): "The energetic components used in smokeless propellants include nitrocellulose (the most common), nitroglycerin, nitroguanidine, DINA (bis-nitroxyethylnitramine; diethanolamine dinitrate, DEADN; DHE), Fivonite (2,2,5,5-tetramethylol-cyclopentanone tetranitrate, CyP), DGN (diethylene glycol dinitrate), and acetyl cellulose." (and don't freak out when you read nitroglycerin, when bound it's perfectly stable)

@pibyte 5 ай бұрын

"Jamie, are you alright?" *indistinguishable mumble*

@daniel-bg5nq 4 ай бұрын

"Potassium chlorate is in gunpowder." No it isn't

@Damaged7 5 ай бұрын

If hey had glued the pieces then it would have stayed together. I mean, anyone could tell its going to fall apart just by looking at it. Kind of just a big waste of their time.

@stefanwolosin550 5 ай бұрын

Maybe they used glue making the Lego ball

@Shizzle_My_Nizzle Ай бұрын

Back in the days, LEGO wasn't a money sucking, evil company.

@LuniZZs 5 ай бұрын

im from Danmark, were lego comes from and the first legoland i billund is. btw ort if they have they same like here why cant they get 5mill lego? the place im from only live 7mill ppl in the whole contry and in our legoland the is 75mill lego parts, and ya we also have all kind of slides and fun hehe :)

@realghoststories1210 5 ай бұрын

I just watched James May build a whole house with between 3 million to 4 million Lego. It was 5 shipping containers full of Legos.

@Wesguus 3 ай бұрын

26:20 i tried this at home.

@donwest5387 4 ай бұрын

it's "break-neck" speed

@pibyte 5 ай бұрын

25:32 That's what she said.

@danielmadar9938 5 ай бұрын

😂

@azazeldeath 5 ай бұрын

Edit: as cameronliddell9533 stated "just watch Aussies doing burnouts at summernats and burnout warriors." I azazeldeath am stupid and subhuman ignore anything I say

@cameronliddell9533 5 ай бұрын

just watch aussies doing burnouts at summernats and burnout warriors

@azazeldeath 5 ай бұрын

@cameronliddell9533 I'm stupid and scum don't mind me

@cameronliddell9533 5 ай бұрын

@@azazeldeath and your point? or are you just trying to brag to make yourself feel better?

@azazeldeath 5 ай бұрын

@cameronliddell9533 more of me being subhuman don't mind me edited to make it tldr

@cameronliddell9533 5 ай бұрын

@@azazeldeath actually your comment was more of a me me me me i did thid i did that comment. theres no point in going me me me just because i said to watch summernats and burnout warrior videos so the fact that you felt you had to validate yourself with a me me me i did this comment show you where the one offended. Its ok not everyone can know how the human brain actually works in relation to conditions and chemical inbalances that make you see/read things in a way that makes you feel you have to brag about yourself over a comment that didnt have anything to do with putting you down or anything.

@TomgTomg1 2 күн бұрын

you didn't do the lego construction right. it should be redone.

@mscbijles1256 5 ай бұрын

If only they could’ve used the 2023 Formula 1 softest tires. Those things are SO prone to overheating it “must” surely catch fire 😄

@larsdrengen11 5 ай бұрын

many things went wrong here, i do like MB but this was just to sloppy

@ricokramer7716 5 ай бұрын

ive burned 5 million match heads.. what do you mean, DONT TRY THIS AT HOME.?? ofcourse NOT.!!! i did it at my neigbours house XD

@ricokramer7716 5 ай бұрын

now his land is mine...

@achominski 5 ай бұрын

Lego ball was terribly build. There are many huge parts not connected with each other and that is why it split into few parts

@dennisdobransky5977 4 ай бұрын

lego ball is just coloured cardboard

@aaronfoley5853 5 ай бұрын

my dogs name is lego

@inkognito-dc8ot 27 күн бұрын

nominated for: stupidest episode ever (except the match-head thingy)

@DrBarbequeSauce 5 ай бұрын

For every one that sounds good, two more sound like shit

@fredhawken1112 5 ай бұрын

audio sucks

@jamespfp 5 ай бұрын

12:00 -- RE: "Cavemen first used Friction to make fire..."; *LMAO!* I love it when "Mythbusters" starts a claim by introducing another Myth. Where's the proof of this one? For a claim to compare and contrast it against: Cavemen would have learned more about the role of Friction in Fire-Making *AFTER* they had developed other technologies first, if it takes those technologies to get enough Friction. On the other hand, natural environmental causes of Fire (and ways to carry the Fire from one location to another) existed without any technological innovation required. So which hypothesis is more elegant, hm?

@jamespfp 5 ай бұрын

^^ Even funnier -- Adam says "It takes a Fast Car" so the test vehicle is a Pontiac Sunfire. Granted, Pontiac can make a fast car. However, I'm not entirely certain I'd have pointed at a Sunfire as a decent case in point.

@jamespfp 5 ай бұрын

13:35 -- RE: "The Old Mythbuster's Adage, If it's Worth Doing, It's Worth Over-Doing."; TRANSLATION: If It Is Worth Exaggerating, it is worth Over-Exaggerating. #RealityTV

@Damaged7 5 ай бұрын

Relax, its a TV show.

@TheMatthooks 5 ай бұрын

To be fair, caveman probably first encountered fire from a lightning strike

@WacKEDmaN 5 ай бұрын

mythbusters never heard of summernats!... plenty of tyres catching fire...but then again...americans have never been good at doing burnouts .....and using retreads for this could only end up with this conclusion... use real brand new tyres..not some shitty 2$ retread that will fly apart at highspeed..(no friction needed)

@SWISS-1337 5 ай бұрын

Honestly, I know they dumb down this programs to appeal to absolute brain dead troglodytes, but trying to make a sphere sound difficult to build out of lego is just too much. I didn't mind as a child watching these, but I have to just skip most of these videos now due to being so painful. And the cuts between projects is infuriating. Finish one part and then move on to the next project.

@eee2861 5 ай бұрын

Hey Banijay! Fix the *ucking audio already!

@Damaged7 5 ай бұрын

Just watch the videos on the mythbusters channel, they've started uploading episodes.

@michaelripley4528 5 ай бұрын

You guys with audio issues🤷🏼‍♂️ Did you build Torys speaker your self??? Phone speakers are crappy! I have the cheapest JBL Bluetooth speaker (20$) And Sound is “okay” (could be better) Get one guys! You Will not regret!❤

@ukaros_ateon 5 ай бұрын

No smart guy. The audio is crappy because the narrator is only on the left channel. You not having that problem just shows that you have a crappy mono speaker and are incapable of encountering this issue

@michaelripley4528 5 ай бұрын

@@ukaros_ateon Seems like you have the problem🤣 Get Well soon 💯

@jojolafrite90 5 ай бұрын

Sound is disgusting. Horrible.

@TestTest-eb8jr 5 ай бұрын

The audio is really crappy 😣😠

@thenestfall1991 5 ай бұрын

Yeah... in all of them too, that's I've seen so far.

@DebeshSuvat 5 ай бұрын

It's not in mono, try with headphones.

@fabiank485 5 ай бұрын

It's an illegal upload for free of a whole episode. Don't complain

@freedompodcast4518 5 ай бұрын

What are you talking about? The audio does not sound bad is sounds really good actually.

@Alexander-wx2ie 5 ай бұрын

Use mono for god sake

@darrendonbavand8924 3 ай бұрын

YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY MAKE A MASSIVE LEGO BALL THAT WOULD COMPLETELY DESTROY A CAR... YOU JUST HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO DO IT.. THESE GUYS JUST STUCK PRE MADE BLOCKS TOGETHER, THAT'S WHY IT JUST FELL APART.. .. LEGO PRO, S KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING, YOU DON'T NEED GLUE YOU NEED .... LEGO SKILL, S :-)