Survive a Sinking Ship? - Mythbusters - S01 EP13 - Science Documentary

Dive into an adventure with us as we debunk the chilling titanic myth, explore the surprising goldfish memory test, and unravel the mystery of sinking ship suction. Will you float or follow in a shipwreck survival scenario? Join us for a splash of science and a wave of wonder. 🚢🐠💥
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Join the MythBusters in their thrilling quest to debunk myths, challenge urban legends, and test movie scenes in this action-packed TV series! With hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman leading the charge, buckle up for a wild ride as they employ rigorous scientific methods, high-octane experiments, and jaw-dropping explosions to uncover the truth. From epic car stunts to mind-blowing special effects, witness the power of scientific inquiry as myths are either confirmed or shattered. Get ready for an adrenaline-fueled adventure filled with excitement, humor, and the ultimate quest for knowledge. Tune in now and unlock the secrets behind the myths!
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[@MakeItWithCalvin]

When the pyrotechnician asks "How much is in there" you know the man is questioning if he is going to lose his license or not.

[@kamikazemelon787]

his comparison to a panzerfaust is hilarious

[@TheTrueBatBrain]

Thus solidifies the legend of Jamie being the worlds most experienced man

[@piezku]

yeah, that man has certainly done stuff

[@espenstoro]

He's lived for 130 years, makes sense.

[@cleverusername9369]

"In addition to his time in the Special Forces and being the International Whist Champion, and even being a lion owner..." If we learned that Jamie was in fact all of those things, I wouldn't be the least bit surprised. In fact I'd just be like "well, yeah, that makes sense"

[@civiere]

Well, its all true. Left home at 14, hitchhiking across the US. Currently a prof of practice in Finland. Also boat captain, linguist and chef... see kids, nothing wrong with adhd, just need proper aim.

[@lucaseric8679]

​@@civiere hey mate what does prof practice mean?

[@Shakes-Off-Fear]

37:15 “Mine are eating their own poo.” Still one of the funniest things I’ve ever heard Adam say.

[@emithompson3973]

14:24 wow nostalgia, it was so hard to take pictures in the sun with those dinky, dim little flip phone screens. 😅

[@merlinsgirl9312]

I came down to the comments to say something like this!

[@kishascape]

Also hunting a sinkable boat in copper cove. Doing that after 2010 was dangerous with all the scrap metal thieves squatting out there.

[@vernadrae33]

"The bigger the object, the bigger the succ" -Adam Savage

[@kishascape]

This predates the weird Double C fad speak era

[@3AnxiousFerretsInATrenchcoat]

​@@kishascape fad? It's still going and it's been several years

[@Troy665Z]

I can't wait until they post the episode where they use ping pong balls to try and unsink a ship

[@anthonykluk2096]

Wait what?😂😂 I don't remember that episode, I can't wait to watch it😁

[@GoldDragon1]

@@anthonykluk2096 First Aired on Nov 3, 2004 for the Ping Pong Rescue.

[@tonywoods4270]

The sinking ship.......you 100% can be taken down when the boat goes down. I have experienced this when my friend's boat sank while near tybee island in georgia. I got pulled about 20ft down

[@jarrodbright5231]

From basic physics it will depend on the displacement of the object and the rate of descent. I'd say this one is "plausible" becuase one test showed the phenomenon and the other test showed their conditions weren't sufficient to cause it (and that it would be a rarity for it to happen).

[@christophermitchellsr9492]

these early episode's set the standard for the show . mix great science tall tails (myths) with fun slap stick jokes an volha a great show that should have a star on the walk of fame

[@dhtsoaedsdhtnadi9575]

i'm not so sure about the science. 5 episodes after this one (i can't find it on this channel) they play at testing whether a construction worker carrying a sheet of plywood could be picked up from the top of the building by a gust of wind and deposited a few floors below. all they did was drop buster from a crane. they didn't even use a proper accelerometer, instead they stuck a glass ball filled with fake blood into his head. i'm not so sure the glass balls made very accurate accelerometers, and they seem to have completely forgotten what they learned from "penny from the empire state building" myth, that is, how wind interacts with tall buildings to create updraft. this updraft was absent from the experiment, and no mention was made AT ALL about what updraft wind-speed would be needed to exert 200lbs (estimated combined weight of percentile man plus plywood) of pressure on a full sheet of 5-ply (32 square feet). wind velocity squared * 0.00256 = pounds per square foot. so with a 50mph wind and 32sqft surface, 50*50*.00256*32=204.8 lbs. what i wanna know is if that amount of updraft is possible, and then using a large fan to move the air upward at that speed, would buster, WITH A PROPER ACCELEROMETER, survive the drop while hanging from a sheet of plywood? THEN add the slapstick and send jamie and adam off a roof with a sheet of plywood over an updraft (of course harness them into a bungee rig in case they slip their grip)

[@marilynproulx5305]

The poor fishies 😢 stuck in a so small tank at the pet shop

[@johneastmond9092]

The trombone rocket is my favorite! That's a performance I can get behind! The 1812 overture is a great piece of music. It makes the cannon an official orchestral instrument!!! I've played the chainsaw on stage professionally, not bad! But let's talk about the unsung hero on this episode; The drill bit at 4:30. That has to be the most tolerant and forgiving drill bit ever!!!

[@d4slaimless]

Kind of funny to see US military orchestra (with US flags and all) performing an overture that commemorates Russia's victory against Napoleon's army in 1812. It is indeed impressive though.

[@omnirath]

@@d4slaimlesswell if something is certain it’s that classical music pieces can be used by any kind of political regime no matter its context

[@SimplyTakuma]

12:59 Jamie's moment when he realize 😂

[@LyingTube]

Man I miss Heather Joseph-Witham. I get that her role didn't really gel with the rest of the show as it went on but she was a nice addition to explain what was going on before all the science and shenanigans landed.

[@rstidman]

She was awful and I hated her, and most people are on my side. You can tell the rest of the cast thought she was a POS because they never invited her to anything on-camera and clearly loathed even the idea of actually interacting with her. I can only surmise she was in some kind of sexual relationship with one of the producers and it led to her role on the show.

[@revalution1965]

I’m glad she didn’t come back idk what kind of job a folklorist is but sounds like a fake job title to me lolol

[@LyingTube]

@@revalution1965 It's just a specialised branch of historian, with a focus on the mythology of smaller population groups.

[@kishascape]

@@revalution1965true, I hit the fast forward button whenever she’s on. She’s even more useless than Deanna Troi in TNG with all that filler blabbering.

[@92xsaabaru-]

If KZbin existed (and the network knew how to use it) during the early seasons, it would have cool to transition her to online bonus videos explaining to backgrounds and social aspects related to the myths. She was only given enough screentime to give a very shallow background of the myths.

[@mattyrothsoffroadgarage8333]

The effects of the way the titanic sank was different depending on what half you're talking about the Bow sank gradually filling up each room equally to the rate of the sinking the stern sunk rapidly and had air pockets which imploded if you were above the stern when it went under and those are Pockets imploded there would have been suction if you are on the bow when it went under the only risk you are under for being sucked into the Titanic was from the wooden framed windows breaking around the grand staircase

[@mattyrothsoffroadgarage8333]

And to say I know a thing or two about the Titanic the Olympic and the Britannic all three sisters would be an understatement

[@CarlsWheezing]

pinpoint spit accuracy onto the lens from adam 29:56

[@doobleheadtv2713]

I love these guys !

[@DungeonBricks]

I feel this was around the first time the producers and team started questioning "does the insurance cover this"?

[@FishFeelPain]

Miss this show--TY!

[@swedichboy1000]

Iconic episode

[@BreezieDemon]

They have so many iconic episodes!

[@thesisypheanjournal1271]

You wouldn't be able to play the trombone with stuff in the bell!

[@mat5473]

7:50 Fish store guy says goldfish must have bad memories because their brains are only 2% of their body weight. Human brains are also 2% of our body weight! Wish they called that out.

[@ichiroutakashima4503]

You know they still don't have the knowledge here about buoyancy when you realized that they actually did one part of the myth again here on the later seasons, "Can bubbles make you sink?" They were using a complicated build here, but on the "Can bubbles make you sink" myth, Jamie had the simplest idea to use a custom whoopie cushion to produce bubbles and use a tube to make a human simulation for the buoyancy subject.

[@B0tch0]

It's not a simple concept to be fair. More importantly, how do you demonstrate it, in an entertaining way, on camera.

[@nhlifts9151]

PVC pipe with holes is quite simple too tbf

[@borntoclimb7116]

I remember this Episode watching in tv.

[@TheVulcanBard]

Man, that fish store owner really set them up for failure. Uncycled filter media and 5 goldfish in a 39 gallon? I think it is amazing that jamie didn't also get a massive ammonia spike

[@Stevenchefjones]

"Part of the crew, part of the ship".

[@holyman96]

always wanted to say this when i watched it as a kid. but if the trombonist burnt their lips, it means his mouth was most likely plugging one end. the slide wouldn't shoot off without pressure building up from his lips blocking the other end i'd suspect. also this slide looked fairly dry, they lube them up quite well.

[@chad9166]

Lips on a trombone don't seal with anywhere near enough pressure to stop that expanding gas. Myth busted

[@keesie75]

They revisited the myth with exactly this.

[@j2c695]

More myth busters

[@dannymoneywell]

The failure of the boat sinking suction test was not keeping the top plane leveled.

[@MM-dn3de]

The fish were sick , right from the start.

[@stephenharlow4064]

Yeah Military Sealift Command MSC made it on mythbusters I was on Walter S. Deihl

[@brettjarvs7458]

I love how on the trombone second explosion people are driving by and they're just casually setting off bombs

[@brettjarvs7458]

I made this comment then watched the part where the police show up lol

[@DionTheBirb]

The Bigger The Object The Bigger The Succ XD

[@zorindvoid2265]

The bigger the object the bigger the suck 🤣

[@nikhilramphul2766]

Oh look out the one time is here

[@undefined40]

"... all they see is only that black ring that is exposed" Show them some Star Gate SG1 episodes.

[@ninjabugy]

25:51 that’s funny one

[@Luzarioth]

I am german and I have never heard of that law... but than again...I also have never seen a round fishtank ^^

[@AeonLibertas]

I'm a german historican and I can say: Plausible to Confirmed. He actually enacted several very strict laws against animal cruelty - now I don't know the exact content of said laws (but I might actually look this up now, the mention made me curious..), but it wouldn't surprise me one bit if it included Goldfish welfare too. They had several such laws and orders on the go, including orders to soldiers given at a certain little town called Auschwitz, about maintaining nature 'in a proper, civilized way, for the wellfare of all', after some men of the Wehrmacht were seen destroying bushes for funsies.. (sounds absolutely insane, but it's true - klingt komisch, is' aber so ^^")

[@silasmaynord1633]

I wonder how much positive pressure would be applied by someone playing a trombone. Might affect the results of the experiment.

[@mikeg6444]

the trombone thing though... "his lips burned", that means you have back pressure from the othe side that also corresponds with the slide. was there proper back pressure for that? it can't be completely busted...

[@omnirath]

I think they re did it later and the effects was irrelevant

[@user-dc5ql3jf7j]

Wonder why the full episodes are going to this channel instead now after the official channel just made them unavailable

[@thinking_about_beer]

The trombone needed to be held firmer and the mouth piece closed

[@wingerding]

Nice pool for a highschool

[@ecurtisd]

Is it just me or is the basically the same test as the Titanic episode, only with opposite results? 🤔

[@foramagasobeselettucepurpl6911]

The most shocking thing in this episode is that Adolf Hitler thought it was cruel to keep goldfish in a bowl.

[@rdmrdm2659]

What about salt water vs fresh?

[@codywork-us7wu]

the difference in density is minuscule. My opinion is that you COULD be sucked in if the sinking ship released lots of air in a bubble column. The aerated water would be MUCH less dense and you would descend quickly. Waste treatment facilities use aeration to separate the liquids from the solids and people have fallen in and drown because they cannot float in the aerated sewage

[@Just_Joshing024]

What kind of high school has barbed wire fences. Wtf

[@rockid7970]

Lol

[@stevieschmidt3719]

Jamie even owned a lion? WTF

[@DrBarbequeSauce]

Mine are eating their own poop

[@ft3917]

it is easy.. go to the toilet.. the water comes when you flush.. so dont flush

[@Phike9391]

"The bigger the object, the bigger the suck" yeah ive had a few girlfriends tell me thats why it was so easy.. 😢 😭

[@King_Stranger]

you mean you changed your hand's name

[@Phike9391]

Rosey palm and her 5 sisters. I did say girlfriendsss..

[@scvmbag]

The guy at the music store acted like he was a little upset when they said they want to blow the trombone up they're going to pay for it so I wouldn't care what they do with it after they pay for it

[@k.a.stensson]

ever heard of mass??? Your boat was way too small. And also, the gold fish... all you showed was that it was able to be guided by food and bright colors.. not that it remembered the path to go.

[@jarrodbright5231]

Mass isn't the important thing; displacement at the point of submersion and the rate of descent is what determines the force of the vortex caused. In this case you had a fairly slow descent with a fairly narrow displacement at the point of submersion. They did make fairly clear that final experiment was being rushed though.

[@thomasbradley4868]

They forgot to plug up the mouth piece!

[@chad9166]

No they didn't.

[@rockid7970]

juhk;lujol

[@TheLastPhoen1x]

My sentiments, exactly.

[@brianradical4584]

Couldn't have put it better myself

[@backuspeel3701]

The conclusion about the sinking ship was incorrect. See this explanation by a naval historian and engineer. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aprSg2SohNpmnLc

[@King_Stranger]

nobody will click a random link. those that do are foolish or naive

[@redshirt49]

@@King_Stranger Literally a KZbin link. Anyway the reason they couldn't produce the effect is because their ship just isn't big enough. A person is just too big to be affected by such a small ship going down. The scale of their test was off. A 9 ton boat is just no substitute for a 20.000 ton ocean liner. Or a several thousand ton piece thereof.

[@FutureRailProductions]

​@@redshirt4946,000 ton actually.

[@redshirt49]

@@FutureRailProductions Lovely :p Yes, I'd say their test scale was just a BIT off.

[@classicalextremism]

The link is to Drachinifel's channel and video where he covers this as part of a Q&A. Was a superb demonstration and he even mentioned this episode of mythbusters and how they got it wrong.

[@SuperMewKittyKatGaming]

first season were better they focus more on stuff and less exploding stuff,also the trio of annoyances were just assistants

[@mattw6705]

You're illiterate and stupid, shut up.

[@SuperMewKittyKatGaming]

the only smart guy of the annoyance trio was Grant "i eat processors for breakfast" Imahara

[@omnirath]

@@SuperMewKittyKatGamingwhy so jaded, the show has been over for years

[@edwardchance2543]

I wonder how it came to be that there were 0 feminists on the titanic

[@user-mc9om5di1f]

Vote Republican.

[@gmgunner]

What? Why vote at all, it's all rigged.

[@whothefucktookmyalias]

smart people don't vote republican

[@cactus_cuber1589]

I’m not from the us and I don’t need to know but what president is on republican side

[@King_Stranger]

@@cactus_cuber1589 you're right. you dont need to know.

[@King_Stranger]

fuck politics. get that shit out of here

[@edsone11]

No wonder this show was a fail.

[@_Bungus]

It was a huge success... what are you talking about?

[@omnirath]

It’s one of the most if not the most successful science show in the last 20 years dude tbh your comment cracks me up lmao

[@mikeberry5016]

Why did this show end? It was good wholesome content

[@omnirath]

It was aired for more than a decade, at some point they had some other things to pursue and they cannot just blow every myths with explosive forever

[@B0tch0]

It's good to see mythbusters but even Adam can't publish those on KZbin. If you make money from this... Be careful... And give something to charity. Mythbusters should be public domain. (They should have done flat earth - people are getting dummer)

[@hughjanus6975]

They appear to have a license, or they would have been stopped before they were even made public.

[@shanecoleman7114]

*dumber* kinda ironic because of the last part of your statement man!! 😅 Maybe you missed that English/typing class.

[@B0tch0]

@@hughjanus6975 that seems unlikely, but I could be wrong (the parent company would have done it, if they wanted it on KZbin and fans could have raised money) It's also not my problem 🫠, hoping for the best outcome.

[@chrisbowers4287]

The Official Mythbusters channel is also uploading, but I wouldn't take it as gospel to upload them yourself. I'm just thinking Discovery either wants to rerun on license, or just wants public domain of the show.

[@borntoclimb7116]

Agree