MythBusters Season 2 Episode 4

Episode Summary & Review

Episode #7 – “Penny Drop”Myths tested:Will a penny dropped from the top of the Empire State Building kill a person or penetrate the ground?Can a person’s internal organs be cooked by a tanning booth?Can tooth fillings receive radio waves?Jamie and Adam test whether a penny dropped from a skyscraper will embed in concrete and whether it is possible to pick up radio signals through tooth fillings. The team finds out the terminal velocity of a penny and make a penny cannon, then shot it at a pigs scull. This showed if a penny being dropping at terminal velocity can kill someone. Can you be baked to death on a tanning bed They also examine several myths surrounding microwave ovens.