Franklin’s Kite. There are two parts to this myth. The first is to test the actual circumstances surrounding Benjamin Franklin’s discovery of electricity (that is, can you fly a kite in a storm, and if you can, will it conduct a current down a string to a key and can the person flying the kite get shocked). The second is to see if that person (Benjamin Franklin) survive the event.
It turns out that the first part of the myth is Plausible, even using materials from Benjamin Franklin’s day – a kite made of wood and silk, the old sort of string and a heavy skeleton key. The second part of the myth is Busted, however, as anyone who happened to be holding said kite would be most dead, as the ballistics gel dummy the team built and tested in the PG&E testing facility was most dead, and that was man-made lightning, not even close to the sort whipped up by nature.
Facts About Flatulence: Death by Flatus. If you’ve had one of those days were you just can’t seem to stop letting them rip and you find yourself in an enclosed room, have no fear. It turns out that the most deadly of gases found in flatus (carbon dioxide) would actually kill you faster simply by breathing: Some 36 hours, as opposed to 11 days. Busted.
Facts About Flatulence: Beans Bring It On. As it turns out, beans do bring it on. Adam, Jamie and Kari measured their flatus for a day of normal eating. Adam had the highest by far, with 10, followed by Jamie with 6 and Kari with 3 (though she later said 2). After changing up their diet – Adam ate only beans, Jamie only meat and Kari only soda, Adam had the highest change. His rate went up by 100%, to 20, while Jamie actually went down to 3 and Kari went up slightly to 5. Confirmed.
Facts About Flatulence: A Match Burns Up the Smelly Gases. We’ve all had a desire for a match now and again. But does it really work? And if it does, does it burn off the gas, or just mask it? Inquiring minds want to know! As it turns out, it not only doesn’t work all that well, it only masks the gas. Adam and Jamie pulled out a meter and compared the concentration of the smelly gases both before and after lighting a match, and nothing changed – so the match only masks the gas, and that only somewhat. Busted.
Facts About Flatulence: Lighting the Emission: This segment didn’t actually air (at least in the US), but you can catch it on YouTube, if you are so inclined, complete with voiceover by that English fellow (I believe Robin Banks is his name).
In any case, the myth here is if the flatus can actually be lit, and once again Adam puts his body on the line – quite literally – though at first it doesn’t want to produce. Eventually, however, it does, and sure enough, the small percentage of methane found in a typical flatus is enough for a standard lighter to cause the high speed camera to catch the whole thing going up in a burst of flame. Riveting. Confirmed.
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