Mythbusters Season 1 Episode 7 -

Airdate: 2003-Oct-17

Episode summary:

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? In this episode the Adam and Jamie test: 1) If dropping a penny from a very high building (like the Empire State) can kill a pedestrian. 2) If a tanning bed can kill you, burning your heart. 3) If metallic tooth fillings can transmit radio waves.

About Mythbusters series:

A weekly documentary in which two Hollywood special effects experts attempt to debunk urban legends by directly testing them. The Emmy-nominated se...Show more >